IL SB0244 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-26 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Creates the Weather Radar Interference Mitigation Act. Provides that, if a National Weather Service Forecast Office issues a winter storm advisory, a winter storm watch, a winter storm warning, a blizzard warning, a severe thunderstorm watch, a severe thunderstorm warning, a tornado watch, or a tornado warning for an area within the State and if a wind turbine operator owns, operates, or manages a wind turbine located within 40 miles of the weather radar station operated by that National Weather Service Forecast Office, then the wind turbine operator shall pause operation of that wind turbine during the inclement weather alert. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, no person shall construct a wind turbine within 7 miles of a weather radar station operated by a National Weather Service Forecast Office or a wind turbine with a height that is greater than 60 meters within 10 miles of a weather radar station operated by a National Weather Service Forecast Office. Provides that a wind turbine owner or operator who knowingly violates the Act after receiving a written warning is guilty of a business offense and subject to a fine in excess of $1,000 but not exceeding $5,000. Makes findings. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

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Title

WEATHER RADAR-WIND TURBINES

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History

DateChamberAction
2025-02-26SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
2025-02-26SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
2025-01-22SenateReferred to Assignments
2025-01-22SenateFirst Reading
2025-01-22SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Sally J. Turner

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