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Bill	PUBLIC UTILITIES-UNIVERSITIES	Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds public institutions of higher education to the list of organizations from which cost-effective energy efficiency measures may be procured for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 5539	Illinois HB 5539 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Dale Fowler Jay Hoffman	3	29	4	2024-02-09	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fe534490-b7ef-47d0-9558-e49b693c1b14	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5539&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153899&SessionID=112	a2e4b8c85dfd66102fc30a5474cd38e12674c34457f2aa00c1c8f34fc924f97a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5539 (103rd) — PUBLIC UTILITIES-UNIVERSITIES

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds public institutions of higher education to the list of organizations from which cost-effective energy efficiency measures may be procured for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · lower
• Energy and Public Utilities — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Energy & Environment — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dale Fowler — primary (person)
• Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
• Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Bennett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman filing
• 2024-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-02-28 Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 022-000-000
• 2024-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
• 2024-04-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
• 2024-04-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-18 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-24 Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
• 2024-04-30 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
• 2024-05-02 Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
• 2024-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
• 2024-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2024
• 2024-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0613 became-law
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date July 1, 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe534490-b7ef-47d0-9558-e49b693c1b14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).