republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-3453.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND-REBATES"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act and the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund. Provides that all moneys received by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under specified provisions of the Public Utilities Act related to energy efficiency shall be deposited into the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund and shall be used only for the purposes authorized by those provisions of the Public Utilities Act. Further amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is authorized to adopt any rules necessary and prescribe procedures in order to ensure compliance by applicants in carrying out the purposes of rebate agreements for energy efficiency measures implemented by the Department. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3453"
citation: "Illinois SB 3453 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-07"
last_action: "2012-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77137bdf-8112-42ba-8e23-c2e2778140e5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3453&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65056&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "66a3c65aca7eadeeaacf0e769357656b7217660a8eae9f5887820d17c9260351"
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 SB 3453 (97th) — ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND-REBATES

Amends the State Finance Act and the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund. Provides that all moneys received by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under specified provisions of the Public Utilities Act related to energy efficiency shall be deposited into the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards Fund and shall be used only for the purposes authorized by those provisions of the Public Utilities Act. Further amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is authorized to adopt any rules necessary and prescribe procedures in order to ensure compliance by applicants in carrying out the purposes of rebate agreements for energy efficiency measures implemented by the Department. Makes other changes. 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=09700SB3453&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65056&DocNum=3453&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3453eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65056&DocNum=3453&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3453enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65056&DocNum=3453&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)
- Karen May — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Dunkin — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2012-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-17** Assigned to Energy `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy
- **2012-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Do Pass as Amended Energy; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2012
- **2012-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2012-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2012-04-24** Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2012-04-26** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2012-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-10** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2012-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2012-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2012-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-20** Effective Date July 20, 2012
- **2012-07-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0841 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77137bdf-8112-42ba-8e23-c2e2778140e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).