republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-3116.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES-ALTERNATIVE SUPPLIER"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an alternative retail electric supplier by May 31, 2020 and every June 30 (rather than May 31) thereafter, shall submit to the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Office of the Attorney General the rates the retail electric supplier charged to residential customers in the prior year. Provides that alternative gas suppliers serving or seeking to serve residential or small commercial customers shall, by January 1, 2020 and every September 30 (rather than January 1) thereafter, submit to the Commission and the Office of the Attorney General the rates the alternative gas supplier charged to residential customers in the prior year. Provides that on or before October 31 (rather than October 1), the Director of the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall submit an annual report regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois to the Commission, the General Assembly, and the Governor. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3116"
citation: "Illinois HB 3116 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eva-Dina Delgado", "Omar Aquino"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30f39fe0-925e-4171-99e7-af3e54b0a27c"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3116&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132040&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "67b490afd323a2917243225b0bce632813775a49af58e97ff8ac6be0a2ccd305"
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 3116 (102nd) — UTILITIES-ALTERNATIVE SUPPLIER

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an alternative retail electric supplier by May 31, 2020 and every June 30 (rather than May 31) thereafter, shall submit to the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Office of the Attorney General the rates the retail electric supplier charged to residential customers in the prior year. Provides that alternative gas suppliers serving or seeking to serve residential or small commercial customers shall, by January 1, 2020 and every September 30 (rather than January 1) thereafter, submit to the Commission and the Office of the Attorney General the rates the alternative gas supplier charged to residential customers in the prior year. Provides that on or before October 31 (rather than October 1), the Director of the Commission's Office of Retail Market Development shall submit an annual report regarding the development of competitive retail natural gas markets in Illinois to the Commission, the General Assembly, and the Governor. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3116.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3116eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3116enr.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Eva-Dina Delgado — primary (person)
- Omar Aquino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado `filing`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Public Utilities Committee; 025-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 21, 2021
- **2021-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2021
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0459 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30f39fe0-925e-4171-99e7-af3e54b0a27c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).