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Bill	WIND FARMS RENEWABLE ENERGY	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may prohibit any electric generating wind device from locating less than 1,400 feet from a residence within its corporate limits. Further provides that a Section concerning wind energy systems shall apply only to devices permitted after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 1201	Illinois HB 1201 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2013-01-31	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/00904d82-8f12-4423-aaf2-f7089ed9386c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1201&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=71661&SessionID=85&GA=98	d3a5b936bdebf8643e803a368b56370c4d1db37625134501fed8076282314c50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1201 (98th) — WIND FARMS RENEWABLE ENERGY

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality may prohibit any electric generating wind device from locating less than 1,400 feet from a residence within its corporate limits. Further provides that a Section concerning wind energy systems shall apply only to devices permitted after the effective date of the amendatory Act. 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joe Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-31 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski filing
• 2013-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-13 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski amendment-introduction
• 2013-02-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
• 2013-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2013-03-01 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2013-03-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2013-03-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 Assigned to Energy referral-committee
• 2013-04-18 Do Pass Energy; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2013
• 2013-04-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
• 2013-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2013
• 2013-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2013
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0204 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00904d82-8f12-4423-aaf2-f7089ed9386c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).