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type: "Bill"
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title: "UTILITIES-ENERGY EFFICIENCY"
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description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any electric or gas public utility with fewer than 200,000 customers in Illinois as of January 1, 2007 that offers energy efficiency programs to its customers in a state adjacent to Illinois may seek the approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission to offer the same or comparable energy efficiency programs to its customers in Illinois. Provides that if a utility shall submit certain information to the Commission for each program it offers. Specifies guidelines for the approval of each program. Provides that a public utility providing approved energy efficiency programs may recover the reasonable costs of such programs through an automatic adjustment clause tariff filed with and approved by the Commission. Provides that each year the Commission shall initiate a review to reconcile any amounts collected with the actual costs and to determine the adjustment to the annual tariff factor to match annual expenditures. Provides that a utility may request a waiver of one or more components of an approved energy efficiency program at any time in order to improve the program's effectiveness. Provides that the Commission may grant such waiver if good cause is shown by the utility. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "SB 215"
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citation: "Illinois SB 215 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2007-02-07"
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last_action: "2007-10-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6374eafb-6307-4602-b1c3-496db7441044"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=215&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27837&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "adde6ae6789133934bdf8c68599882d30443b55ab0a745581e4a9445f82a7a3c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 215 (95th) — UTILITIES-ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any electric or gas public utility with fewer than 200,000 customers in Illinois as of January 1, 2007 that offers energy efficiency programs to its customers in a state adjacent to Illinois may seek the approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission to offer the same or comparable energy efficiency programs to its customers in Illinois. Provides that if a utility shall submit certain information to the Commission for each program it offers. Specifies guidelines for the approval of each program. Provides that a public utility providing approved energy efficiency programs may recover the reasonable costs of such programs through an automatic adjustment clause tariff filed with and approved by the Commission. Provides that each year the Commission shall initiate a review to reconcile any amounts collected with the actual costs and to determine the adjustment to the annual tariff factor to match annual expenditures. Provides that a utility may request a waiver of one or more components of an approved energy efficiency program at any time in order to improve the program's effectiveness. Provides that the Commission may grant such waiver if good cause is shown by the utility. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0215&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27837&DocNum=215&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0215eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27837&DocNum=215&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0215enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27837&DocNum=215&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Motion — **110–0** (fail) · lower
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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- Motion — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
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- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Environment and Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Environment and Energy; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
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- **2007-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment and Energy
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- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Energy; 010-000-000
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- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Jacobs `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
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- **2007-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-03-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2007-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-03-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
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- **2007-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-03-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
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- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-31** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
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- **2007-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
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- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2007-08-28** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
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- **2007-10-02** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 2, 2007
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- **2007-10-02** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Mike Jacobs
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- **2007-10-02** 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2007-10-02** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 054-000-000
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- **2007-10-04** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 10, 2007
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- **2007-10-05** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
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- **2007-10-10** 3/5 Vote Required
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- **2007-10-10** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 110-000-002
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- **2007-10-10** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
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- **2007-10-17** Effective Date January 1, 2008
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- **2007-10-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0660 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6374eafb-6307-4602-b1c3-496db7441044`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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