Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

HB 351 — ELECTRIC AGGREGATION MUNI CTY

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0311

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2007. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    0 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Authorizes municipalities and counties to aggregate customers for the purchase of electricity. Provides for approval of aggregation by the voters. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to review aggregation plans.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

5 added · 5 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Bill HB 351 has removed specific lines from the engrossed version and replaced them with new lines in the enrolled version. While the exact content of those lines is not provided, this change typically signifies a finalization of the bill’s text, which is important because it ensures that the law is clear and establishes the official language that will be enacted. This step is crucial for clarity and legal precision in implementing the legislation.

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HB0351 Engrossed LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b AN ACT concerning regulation.
HB0351 Enrolled LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b AN ACT concerning regulation.
Nothing in this Section, however, authorizes the aggregation of electric loads that are served or authorized to be served by an electric cooperative as defined by and pursuant HB0351 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b to the Electric Supplier Act or loads served by a municipality that owns and operates its own electric distribution system.
Nothing in this Section, however, authorizes the aggregation of electric loads that are served or authorized to be served by an electric cooperative as defined by and pursuant HB0351 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b to the Electric Supplier Act or loads served by a municipality that owns and operates its own electric distribution system.
Before the first hearing, the corporate authorities or county board shall HB0351 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b publish notice of the hearings once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction.
Before the first hearing, the corporate authorities or county board shall HB0351 Enrolled - 3 - LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b publish notice of the hearings once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction.
Upon approval of the plan, the corporate authorities or county board may solicit bids for electricity and other related HB0351 Engrossed - 4 - LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b services pursuant to the methods established in the plan.
Upon approval of the plan, the corporate authorities or county board may solicit bids for electricity and other related HB0351 Enrolled - 4 - LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b services pursuant to the methods established in the plan.
The Commission shall furnish, without charge, to any citizen a list of all HB0351 Engrossed - 5 - LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b supply options available to them in a format that allows comparison of prices and products.
The Commission shall furnish, without charge, to any citizen a list of all HB0351 Enrolled - 5 - LRB095 05290 MJR 25368 b supply options available to them in a format that allows comparison of prices and products.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0311

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2008

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  7. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  8. Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000

  9. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul

  10. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007

  11. Second Reading

  12. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules

  13. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007

  14. Do Pass Environment and Energy; 013-000-000

  15. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment and Energy

  16. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment and Energy

  17. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules

  18. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby

  19. Held in Environment and Energy

  20. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  21. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby

  22. Assigned to Environment and Energy

  23. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio

  24. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan

  25. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler

  26. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

  27. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones

  28. Referred to Rules

  29. First Reading

  30. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby

  31. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007

  32. Arrive in Senate

  33. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

  34. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks

  35. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland

  36. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000

  37. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  38. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote

  39. Second Reading - Short Debate

  40. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Hannig

  41. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000

  42. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis

  43. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

  44. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy

  45. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer

  46. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang

  47. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider

  48. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz

  49. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

  50. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith

  51. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert

  52. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner

  53. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  54. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook

  55. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  56. Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate

  57. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  58. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  59. Second Reading - Short Debate

  60. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

  61. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore

  62. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May

  63. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

  64. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  65. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Electric Utility Oversight Committee; 009-000-000

  66. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Electric Utility Oversight Committee; by Voice Vote

  67. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Electric Utility Oversight Committee

  68. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg

  69. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson

  70. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens

  71. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose

  72. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell

  73. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause

  74. Assigned to Electric Utility Oversight Committee

  75. Referred to Rules Committee

  76. First Reading

  77. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook

Sponsors

  • Thomas Holbrook · Cosponsor
  • Michael W. Frerichs · Cosponsor
  • David Koehler · Cosponsor
  • John M. Sullivan · Cosponsor
  • Deanna Demuzio · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (5)

  • Thomas Holbrook
  • Michael W. Frerichs
  • David Koehler Democrat
  • John M. Sullivan
  • Deanna Demuzio

Not signed on (178)

178 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Third Reading

Passed 55 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 46003
Democrat 8001
Republican 1000
Total 55004
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Link — Yea
Brady — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Haine — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Noland — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Jacobs — Not Voting
Schoenberg — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Not Voting
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Silverstein — Not Voting
Lauzen — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Millner — Yea
Garrett — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Not Voting
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 108 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 96009
Democrat 8001
Republican 4000
Total 1080010
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Munson — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Meyer — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Myers — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Schock — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Harris — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Watson — Yea
Howard — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Lindner — Not Voting
Madigan — Not Voting
Patterson — Not Voting
Pritchard — Yea
Cross — Not Voting
Durkin — Not Voting
Fritchey — Not Voting
Jefferies — Not Voting
Kosel — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Poe — Yea
Ramey — Not Voting
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Not Voting
Schmitz — Yea
Scully — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Not Voting
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 351 do?
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Authorizes municipalities and counties to aggregate customers for the purchase of electricity. Provides for approval of aggregation by the voters. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to review aggregation plans.
Who sponsors HB 351?
HB 351 is sponsored by Thomas Holbrook, Michael W. Frerichs, David Koehler (Democrat), John M. Sullivan, and Deanna Demuzio.
What is the current status of HB 351?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2007. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 351?
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