Illinois Senate Bill 2595

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on October 18 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-06 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a commercial wind energy facility, a commercial solar energy facility, or both may not be approved by a county within an unincorporated area of the county that is within a 3-mile radius surrounding a municipality unless both the county board and the city council of the municipality approve the facility, regardless of whether or not the municipality has adopted zoning ordinances or is regulating wind farms and electric-generating wind devices. Effective immediately.

COUNTY WIND/SOLAR REGULATION

Sen. Susan Rezin [R]	Sen. Sally Turner [R]	Sen. Chapin Rose [R]	Sen. Steve McClure [R]
Sen. Jil Tracy [R]	Sen. Craig Wilcox [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-06	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
2024-01-30	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
2024-01-23	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
2024-01-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
2024-01-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure
2023-10-18	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-10-18	Senate	First Reading
2023-10-18	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2595&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2595.htm