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type: "Bill"
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title: "PUBLIC UTILITIES-UNIVERSITIES"
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description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds public institutions of higher education to the list of organizations from which cost-effective energy efficiency measures may be procured for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "103rd"
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identifier: "HB 5539"
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citation: "Illinois HB 5539 (103rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dale Fowler", "Jay Hoffman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-02-09"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe534490-b7ef-47d0-9558-e49b693c1b14"
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source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5539&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153899&SessionID=112"
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source_hash: "a2e4b8c85dfd66102fc30a5474cd38e12674c34457f2aa00c1c8f34fc924f97a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 5539 (103rd) — PUBLIC UTILITIES-UNIVERSITIES
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds public institutions of higher education to the list of organizations from which cost-effective energy efficiency measures may be procured for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5539.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5539eng.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5539enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
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- Energy and Public Utilities — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Energy & Environment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dale Fowler — primary (person)
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- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
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- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
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- Sharon Chung — cosponsor (person)
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- Tom Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
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- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 022-000-000
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- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2024-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2024-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
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- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2024-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
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- **2024-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2024-04-18** Referred to Assignments
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- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
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- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
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- **2024-05-02** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
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- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2024 `reading-2`
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- **2024-05-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
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- **2024-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2024
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- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
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- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0613 `became-law`
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- **2024-07-01** Effective Date July 1, 2024
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe534490-b7ef-47d0-9558-e49b693c1b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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