republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-3482.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAKE MICHIGAN-PERMIT/LEASE"
description: "Amends the Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act. Provides that the Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Policy Task Force shall report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly within 12 months of convening. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall adopt rules by which it may grant in the name of the State of Illinois permits and site leases with respect to public trust lands of Lake Michigan for the assessment of sites for offshore wind energy development. Provides that if the Department receives an application for such a site assessment permit and lease in advance of the adoption of such rules, the Department may grant such permit and lease, and in considering such application shall take into account the general principles set forth in the Act as well as existing environmental, marine, public infrastructure, transportation, and security uses and factors. Provides that in advance of rulemaking specific to the Act no site for which an assessment permit or lease is granted shall be within 3 miles of the shore of Lake Michigan, nor shall it include known breeding grounds or habitat of any avian species considered threatened or endangered under federal or State law. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 3482"
citation: "Illinois HB 3482 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08698946-4571-448e-bfb2-8b012476f914"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3482&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=120093&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "24c50bbea5a5fc9dd49b6201dad691d03e94811e1b7e9c500570805afb7b6190"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 3482 (101st) — LAKE MICHIGAN-PERMIT/LEASE

Amends the Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act. Provides that the Offshore Wind Energy Economic Development Policy Task Force shall report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly within 12 months of convening. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall adopt rules by which it may grant in the name of the State of Illinois permits and site leases with respect to public trust lands of Lake Michigan for the assessment of sites for offshore wind energy development. Provides that if the Department receives an application for such a site assessment permit and lease in advance of the adoption of such rules, the Department may grant such permit and lease, and in considering such application shall take into account the general principles set forth in the Act as well as existing environmental, marine, public infrastructure, transportation, and security uses and factors. Provides that in advance of rulemaking specific to the Act no site for which an assessment permit or lease is granted shall be within 3 miles of the shore of Lake Michigan, nor shall it include known breeding grounds or habitat of any avian species considered threatened or endangered under federal or State law. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3482&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120093&DocNum=3482&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3482eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120093&DocNum=3482&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3482enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=120093&DocNum=3482&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Robyn Gabel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2019-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2019
- **2019-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2019
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0283 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08698946-4571-448e-bfb2-8b012476f914`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).