republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-3591.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITY-ENVIRONMENT DISCLOSURE"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2013, every electric utility and alternative retail electric supplier shall provide specified information related to the environment through an electronic medium, such as a website or by electronic mail, or through the U.S. Postal Service to its customers on a quarterly basis. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3591"
citation: "Illinois SB 3591 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2012-02-10"
last_action: "2012-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c36f613-7ea0-4ac8-8831-b60e6eb80bc1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3591&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65469&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "b7fd2e67e81297b90598a962f2d7d86fe48f83021f46e72e55a370db942d9238"
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 3591 (97th) — UTILITY-ENVIRONMENT DISCLOSURE

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2013, every electric utility and alternative retail electric supplier shall provide specified information related to the environment through an electronic medium, such as a website or by electronic mail, or through the U.S. Postal Service to its customers on a quarterly basis. 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=09700SB3591&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65469&DocNum=3591&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3591eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65469&DocNum=3591&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3591enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65469&DocNum=3591&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2012-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Assigned to Energy `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-01** Do Pass Energy; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2012
- **2012-03-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2012
- **2012-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **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`
- **2012-04-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-04-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** 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
- **2012-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2012-05-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dena M. Carli
- **2012-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-28** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 29, 2012
- **2012-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2012-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-28** 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 057-000-000
- **2012-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-24** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1092 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c36f613-7ea0-4ac8-8831-b60e6eb80bc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).