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Bill	RENEWABLE FUELS COMMISSION	Creates the Renewable Fuels Commission Act to investigate and recommend strategies that the Governor and the General Assembly may implement to promote the use of alternative fuels and encourage the use of vehicles that utilize alternative fuels. Provides that the Commission shall also identify mechanisms that promote research into alternative fuels as well as effective communication and coordination of efforts between this State and local governments, private industry, and institutes of higher education concerning the investigation, research into, and promotion of alternative fuels. Specifies the Commission's membership. Requires the Commission to issue written reports on its investigations and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor. Provides for the repeal of this Act on January 1, 2015. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4245	Illinois HB 4245 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2009-02-27	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/891df577-a020-4cad-8712-45d114843ca2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4245&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=47120&SessionID=76&GA=96	dcd5dc574e0fb4ef3d83ab0de1693857985fbec462b162565f7b0257eafaced1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4245 (96th) — RENEWABLE FUELS COMMISSION

Creates the Renewable Fuels Commission Act to investigate and recommend strategies that the Governor and the General Assembly may implement to promote the use of alternative fuels and encourage the use of vehicles that utilize alternative fuels. Provides that the Commission shall also identify mechanisms that promote research into alternative fuels as well as effective communication and coordination of efforts between this State and local governments, private industry, and institutes of higher education concerning the investigation, research into, and promotion of alternative fuels. Specifies the Commission's membership. Requires the Commission to issue written reports on its investigations and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor. Provides for the repeal of this Act on January 1, 2015. 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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Brady — cosponsor (person)
• David Reis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David Reis filing
• 2009-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Renewable Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Renewable Energy Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Renewable Energy Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Renewable Energy Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David Reis amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-04-01 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
• 2009-04-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2009-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kyle McCarter
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
• 2009-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2009
• 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0323 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/891df577-a020-4cad-8712-45d114843ca2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).