republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-4245.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RENEWABLE FUELS COMMISSION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4245"
citation: "Illinois HB 4245 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/891df577-a020-4cad-8712-45d114843ca2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4245&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=47120&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "dcd5dc574e0fb4ef3d83ab0de1693857985fbec462b162565f7b0257eafaced1"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4245&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47120&DocNum=4245&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4245eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47120&DocNum=4245&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4245enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47120&DocNum=4245&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/891df577-a020-4cad-8712-45d114843ca2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).