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| Bill | UTILITIES-RETURN TO ARES | Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any residential or small commercial retail customer of an electric utility that on December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least 2,000,000 customers in Illinois that has returned to that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering may elect delivery services of electric power and energy supply service from an alternative retail electric supplier after at least 6 continuous monthly billing periods of electric power and supply service from that utility; however, the residential or small commercial retail customer shall not be permitted to return to the same alternative retail electric supplier within 2 billing cycles after the customer returned to that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service other than in situations where the return was in error, inadvertent, or the result of any other unintended operational consequence. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 99th | SB 1445 | Illinois SB 1445 (99th) |
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enacted | 3 | 43 | 3 | 2015-02-20 | 2015-08-03 | openstates | ocd-bill/581ca231-ba09-49b3-bd6f-239daeea224e | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1445&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88016&SessionID=88&GA=99 | a0845d48e0593cd93b631a0d6221c7aadef83614efc5265d210cc86a36f9c027 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 1445 (99th) — UTILITIES-RETURN TO ARES
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any residential or small commercial retail customer of an electric utility that on December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least 2,000,000 customers in Illinois that has returned to that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering may elect delivery services of electric power and energy supply service from an alternative retail electric supplier after at least 6 continuous monthly billing periods of electric power and supply service from that utility; however, the residential or small commercial retail customer shall not be permitted to return to the same alternative retail electric supplier within 2 billing cycles after the customer returned to that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service other than in situations where the return was in error, inadvertent, or the result of any other unintended operational consequence. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — 55–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Sue Rezin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2015-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
filing - 2015-02-20 First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-02-20 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2015-03-03 Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities
referral-committee - 2015-03-12 Postponed - Energy and Public Utilities
- 2015-03-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
amendment-introduction - 2015-03-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2015-03-19 Postponed - Energy and Public Utilities
- 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
- 2015-03-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2015-03-26 Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; 019-000-000
committee-passage - 2015-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
- 2015-04-16 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2015-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2015
- 2015-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2015-04-21 Arrived in House
introduction - 2015-04-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2015-04-22 First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-04-22 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-04-27 Assigned to Energy Committee
referral-committee - 2015-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
amendment-introduction - 2015-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-05-08 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
- 2015-05-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy Committee
- 2015-05-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Energy Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2015-05-14 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Energy Committee; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2015-05-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2015-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2015-05-22 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- 2015-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 25, 2015
- 2015-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Sue Rezin
filing - 2015-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2015-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Energy and Public Utilities
referral-committee - 2015-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
- 2015-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 055-000-000
- 2015-05-31 Senate Concurs 055-000-000
- 2015-05-31 Passed Both Houses
- 2015-06-29 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2015-08-03 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2015-08-03 Effective Date August 3, 2015
- 2015-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0250
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/581ca231-ba09-49b3-bd6f-239daeea224e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).