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SB 1445 Illinois Senate · 99th Regular Session

UTILITIES-RETURN TO ARES

Summary
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any residential or small commercial retail customer of an electric utility that on December 31, 2005 provided electric service to at least 2,000,000 customers in Illinois that has returned to that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering may elect delivery services of electric power and energy supply service from an alternative retail electric supplier after at least 6 continuous monthly billing periods of electric power and supply service from that utility; however, the residential or small commercial retail customer shall not be permitted to return to the same alternative retail electric supplier within 2 billing cycles after the customer returned to that electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service other than in situations where the return was in error, inadvertent, or the result of any other unintended operational consequence. Effective immediately.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2015
Committee Review
May 2015
Senate Passage
May 2015
House Passage
May 2015
Signed into Law
Aug 2015
Introduced Apr 21, 2015 Signed Aug 3, 2015
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2015 · House May 21, 2015

How they voted

43–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 47
May 31, 2015
D Democratic29
27 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican18
16 Yea 2
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
44
Key actions
12
Committee
15
Amendments
6
Aug 3, 2015
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 31, 2015
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 31, 2015
Upper · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 055-000-000
upper
May 28, 2015
Upper · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
upper
May 28, 2015
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Energy and Public Utilities
upper
May 22, 2015
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
upper
May 22, 2015
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 25, 2015
upper
May 22, 2015
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
upper
May 21, 2015
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (96-0-2)
house
May 14, 2015
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Energy Committee; 008-000-000
lower
May 14, 2015
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Energy Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
May 11, 2015
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy Committee
lower
May 8, 2015
Lower · Passed
Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
lower
May 6, 2015
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 6, 2015
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
lower
Apr 27, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Energy Committee
lower
Apr 22, 2015
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 21, 2015
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 26, 2015
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; 019-000-000
upper
Mar 26, 2015
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
upper
Mar 24, 2015
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
upper
Mar 18, 2015
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 18, 2015
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin
upper
Mar 3, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities
upper
Feb 20, 2015
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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