Illinois House Bill 3146

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 16 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Counties Code. Modifies the setback distance of a wind tower from occupied community buildings and nonparticipating residences. Modifies provisions restricting the county's ability to enact standards for construction, decommissioning, or deconstruction of commercial wind energy facilities or commercial solar energy facilities that are more restrictive than those included in the Department of Agriculture's impact agreements. Includes provisions requiring a comprehensive agricultural drainage plan and agreements with drainage districts to cross or impact a drainage system. Amends the Renewable Energy Facilities Agricultural Impact Mitigation Act. Modifies provisions requiring a commercial renewable energy facility owner of a commercial wind energy facility or a commercial solar energy facility that is located on landowner property to enter into an agricultural impact mitigation agreement with the Department outlining construction and deconstruction standards and policies. Removes provisions requiring a commercial solar energy facility owner to submit, not less than 45 days prior to commencement of actual construction, to the Department a standard agricultural impact mitigation agreement signed by the commercial solar energy facility owner and including all information required by the Department. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

WIND&SOLAR ENERGY REGULATION

Rep. Lance Yednock [D]	Rep. Dave Severin [R]	Rep. Michael Marron [R]	Rep. Maurice West [D]
Rep. Wayne Rosenthal [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
2023-03-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2023-03-10	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-10	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-08	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron
2023-03-07	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
2023-03-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
2023-03-02	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-02	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lance Yednock
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee
2023-02-17	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-17	House	First Reading
2023-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lance Yednock

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
505	147	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	5-12020	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3146&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB3146.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB3146ham001.htm