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| Bill | UTILITIES ACT-SOLAR ENERGY | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to include in its annual report filed with the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services of the General Assembly, the Public Counsel, and the Governor a description of the availability of solar energy production by residential and small business consumers and the benefits of utilizing smart grid technology to enhance solar energy availability, and a description of any barriers to improving utilization and adoption of consumer-owned solar energy production. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 99th | SB 1312 | Illinois SB 1312 (99th) |
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enacted | 3 | 58 | 4 | 2015-02-18 | 2015-07-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/1717f7b3-3027-46cb-9cd1-bd877ef14c6f | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1312&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=87792&SessionID=88&GA=99 | 9c4da91b630d01cade68d74f97ef1319ee92b7249bbf5b52245f734a5cd70bba | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 1312 (99th) — UTILITIES ACT-SOLAR ENERGY
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to include in its annual report filed with the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services of the General Assembly, the Public Counsel, and the Governor a description of the availability of solar energy production by residential and small business consumers and the benefits of utilizing smart grid technology to enhance solar energy availability, and a description of any barriers to improving utilization and adoption of consumer-owned solar energy production.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 3 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2015-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
filing - 2015-02-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-02-18 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2015-02-25 Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities
referral-committee - 2015-03-02 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- 2015-03-12 Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 014-000-000
committee-passage - 2015-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2015
- 2015-03-19 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2015-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2015
- 2015-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2015-04-21 Arrived in House
introduction - 2015-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- 2015-04-21 First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-04-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- 2015-04-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- 2015-04-27 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee
referral-committee - 2015-05-08 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
- 2015-05-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke
amendment-introduction - 2015-05-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-05-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 017-000-000
committee-passage - 2015-05-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
amendment-failure - 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-05-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke
amendment-introduction - 2015-05-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-05-18 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee
- 2015-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- 2015-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2015-05-19 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2015-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; 011-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-05-22 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
- 2015-05-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2015-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Burke
amendment-introduction - 2015-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-05-29 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-05-29 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
- 2015-05-30 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2015-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2015-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-05-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2015-05-30 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- 2015-05-30 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3
- 2015-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3 - May 31, 2015
- 2015-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon
filing - 2015-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2015-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon
filing - 2015-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2015-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- 2015-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- 2015-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
- 2015-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
- 2015-05-31 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
- 2015-05-31 Passed Both Houses
- 2015-06-29 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2015-07-22 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2015-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2015
- 2015-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0107
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1717f7b3-3027-46cb-9cd1-bd877ef14c6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).