The legislation was introduced in bill HB105 on Dec. 10, 2018, when Rep. Michael J. Madigan (D-22) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act" and "make a technical change in a section concerning the short title".
After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 4, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 23. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 15. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB105.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2018 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan |
| 1/9/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/9/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** |
| 3/12/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 3/12/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 3/19/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 3/29/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 010-000-000 |
| 4/2/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/9/2019 | Senate | Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Thomas Cullerton |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Local Government |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-001 |
| 7/15/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 7/15/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0082 |
| 7/15/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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