Bill Amendment: IL SB3922 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: UTILITIES-VARIOUS

Status: 2026-07-02 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3922 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB3922-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Steve Stadelman

Filed: 4/24/2026

 

 

 

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3922
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3922 on page 59,
by replacing lines 9 through 22 with the following:
"than specified in this Section or requirements that are not
specified in this Section. A county may also regulate the
siting of commercial wind energy facilities with standards
that may include any of the requirements specified in this
Section but may not include requirements for the siting of
commercial wind energy facilities that are more restrictive
than specified in this Section or requirements that are not
specified in this Section that are not more restrictive than
the requirements specified in this Section in unincorporated
areas of the county that are outside the zoning jurisdiction
of a municipality and that are outside the 1.5-mile radius
surrounding the zoning jurisdiction of a municipality. A
county may also regulate the siting of commercial solar energy
facilities with standards that may include any of the
requirements specified in this Section but may not include

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requirements for the siting of commercial solar energy
facilities that are more restrictive than specified in this
Section or requirements that are not specified in this Section
that are not more restrictive than the requirements specified
in this Section in unincorporated areas of the county that are
outside of the zoning jurisdiction of a municipality."; and
on page 76, line 12, after "by", by inserting "Public Act
104-458 and"; and
on page 76, line 18, after "20-140,", by inserting "23-110,";
and
on page 97, lines 21 and 22, by replacing "this amendatory Act
of the 104th General Assembly" with "Public Act 104-458 this
amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly"; and
on page 98, line 6, after "kilowatts", by inserting
"alternating current (AC)"; and
on page 106, line 26, after "dispatch", by inserting "under
the scheduled dispatch virtual power plant program, any
successor program, or any program authorized pursuant to
Section 16-107.9"; and
on page 133, immediately below line 19, by inserting the

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following:
"(220 ILCS 5/23-110)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 23-110. Definitions. In this Article:
"Applicable State siting law" means Section 5-12020 of the
Counties Code for commercial wind energy facilities and
commercial solar energy facilities and means Section 5-12024
of the Counties Code for energy storage system facilities
"Commercial solar energy facility" has the meaning given
to that term in subsection (a) of Section 5-12020 of the
Counties Code. "Commercial solar energy facility" includes
supporting facilities, as defined in subsection (a) of Section
5-12020 of the Counties Code.
"Commercial wind energy facility" has the meaning given to
that term in subsection (a) of Section 5-12020 of the Counties
Code. "Commercial wind energy facility" includes supporting
facilities, as defined in subsection (a) of Section 5-12020 of
the Counties Code.
"Energy storage system facility" has the meaning given to
that term in Section 5-12024 of the Counties Code. "Energy
storage system facility" includes supporting facilities, as
defined in subsection (a) of Section 5-12024 of the Counties
Code.
"Facility owner" means the owner of or an applicant for a

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qualified energy facility.
"Qualified energy facility" means any one or more of the
following that has a nameplate capacity of 50 megawatts or
greater and is located in an unincorporated area not within
the corporate limits zoning jurisdiction of an incorporated
municipality: a commercial wind energy facility, a commercial
solar energy facility, or an energy storage system facility.
"Respondent" means the county, municipality, township,
road district, or other unit of local government whose action
or inaction is the subject of the dispute.
(Source: P.A. 104-458, eff. 6-1-26.)"; and
on page 134, line 2, after "law", by inserting "or to determine
the reasonableness of a municipality's exercise of zoning
authority with respect to a qualified energy facility outside
of the municipality's corporate limits in accordance with
Section 11-13-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code"; and
on page 134, line 4, after "first", by inserting "(i)"; and
on page 134, line 6, by replacing "law and" with "law, (ii)
notified the municipality of the unreasonableness of the
municipality's zoning determination with respect to a
qualified energy facility outside of the municipality's
corporate limits, and (iii)"; and

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on page 134, line 13, by replacing "subdivision (c)(7)" with
"paragraph (7) of subsection (c) subdivision (c)(7)"; and
on page 134, line 18, after "law", by inserting "or alleging
the unreasonableness of a municipality's zoning determination
with respect to a qualified energy facility outside of the
municipality's corporate limits"; and
on page 136, line 6, after "found", by inserting "or a
municipality's zoning determination is found to be
unreasonable"; and
on page 136, line 23, after "law", by inserting "and the
State's clean energy goals, including, but not limited to,
goals described in the Illinois Power Agency Act"; and
by replacing line 24 on page 136 through line 6 on page 137
with the following:
(e) In resolving disputes under this Section, the
Commission shall have authority to issue a siting certificate
for a qualified energy facility if the Commission determines
that the qualified energy facility is in compliance with the
applicable State siting law for a qualified energy facility
and that the respondent:
(1) the respondent denied has not issued the qualified
energy facility a siting certificate; or and

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(2) did not have a siting or zoning ordinance in
compliance with the applicable State siting law as of the
date the petition was filed the qualified energy facility
is in compliance with the applicable State siting laws for
a qualified energy facility.".