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Bill	TWNSHP ELECTRICAL LOADS	Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that township boards may adopt ordinances under which they may aggregate residential and small commercial retail electrical loads located within the township. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3170	Illinois SB 3170 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	51	3	2012-02-01	2012-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/ba505c76-305a-4214-ad6d-aac097c8c24c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3170&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=64094&SessionID=84&GA=97	46c02b4bf49f18acd2562a48b0b736d9e9b9fbd34fa548b6a6e2dfe7a236244b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3170 (97th) — TWNSHP ELECTRICAL LOADS

Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that township boards may adopt ordinances under which they may aggregate residential and small commercial retail electrical loads located within the township. 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carol A. Sente — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Suzi Schmidt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Suzi Schmidt filing
• 2012-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-01 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Energy referral-committee
• 2012-02-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Suzi Schmidt amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy
• 2012-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Energy
• 2012-03-01 Postponed - Energy
• 2012-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-03-08 Do Pass as Amended Energy; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
• 2012-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Suzi Schmidt amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Energy
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Energy; 013-000-000
• 2012-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Schmidt amendment-passage
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2012
• 2012-03-28 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2012-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond amendment-introduction
• 2012-04-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee
• 2012-05-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-05-01 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2012-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2012-05-17 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2012-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 18, 2012
• 2012-05-17 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Suzi Schmidt filing
• 2012-05-17 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Energy referral-committee
• 2012-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Energy; 011-000-000
• 2012-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
• 2012-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-18 Effective Date July 18, 2012
• 2012-07-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0823 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba505c76-305a-4214-ad6d-aac097c8c24c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).