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type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD/MUNI CD-WIND TOWER"
description: "Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not require a wind tower or other renewable energy system that is used exclusively by an end user to be setback more than 1.1 times the height of the renewable energy system from the end user's property line. Limits home rule powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 3746"
citation: "Illinois HB 3746 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8880f151-2bab-4411-963b-d5b84c3a0307"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3746&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46542&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "132d087f9a9c806002f4236540884bb3c962a125e5ed002940c7d4a770048117"
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 HB 3746 (96th) — CNTY CD/MUNI CD-WIND TOWER
Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not require a wind tower or other renewable energy system that is used exclusively by an end user to be setback more than 1.1 times the height of the renewable energy system from the end user's property line. Limits home rule powers.
## 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=09600HB3746&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46542&DocNum=3746&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3746eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46542&DocNum=3746&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3746enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46542&DocNum=3746&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David R. Leitch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch `filing`
- **2009-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Assigned to Renewable Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Renewable Energy Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-04-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David Koehler
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2009-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0306 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8880f151-2bab-4411-963b-d5b84c3a0307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).