republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/hb-285.md

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Bill	SCH CD-RENEWABLE ENERGY GRANTS	Amends the School Code. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and operate a renewable energy grant program to assist school districts in the installation, acquisition, construction, and improvement of renewable energy sources in the public schools. Provides that the grant shall cover 50% of the cost for which the grant is sought, up to a maximum grant of $1,000,000, if the applicant school district is able to demonstrate that it has funds to pay the other 50% of the cost. Effective July 1, 2007.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 285	Illinois HB 285 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	47	2	2007-01-12	2007-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/43f519b6-4683-4f82-a625-7b6797351454	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=285&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27031&SessionID=51&GA=95	69ea4e196d14aac5c8971af7b7ffe92922871bb664d657333d179f9b45c325be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 285 (95th) — SCH CD-RENEWABLE ENERGY GRANTS

Amends the School Code. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and operate a renewable energy grant program to assist school districts in the installation, acquisition, construction, and improvement of renewable energy sources in the public schools. Provides that the grant shall cover 50% of the cost for which the grant is sought, up to a maximum grant of $1,000,000, if the applicant school district is able to demonstrate that it has funds to pay the other 50% of the cost. Effective July 1, 2007.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dale E. Risinger — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry L. Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-12 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell filing
• 2007-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-01-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2007-01-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2007-01-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2007-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2007-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2007-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2007-02-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2007-02-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2007-02-07 Assigned to Renewable Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2007-02-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2007-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
• 2007-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2007-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2007-03-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Renewable Energy Committee amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Renewable Energy Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-03-22 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Renewable Energy Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
• 2007-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2007-03-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-29 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2007-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-29 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
• 2007-04-18 Assigned to Education referral-committee
• 2007-04-26 Do Pass Education; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2007
• 2007-04-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2007-04-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
• 2007-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-05-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
• 2007-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2007
• 2007-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0046 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43f519b6-4683-4f82-a625-7b6797351454. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).