Illinois Senate Bill 2059 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to initiate a process whereby the Commission shall develop a forward-looking plan for strategically increasing transportation electrification in the State, that the process shall be open and transparent, and that the process shall conclude within 270 days of opening. Provides that the plan developed by the Commission shall incentivize transportation electrification through beneficial electrification programs, may include specific directives for public utilities in the State that enable transportation electrification or beneficial electrification, and should specifically address environmental justice interests and provide opportunities for residents and businesses in environmental justice communities to directly benefit from transportation electrification. Effective immediately.

BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION

Sen. David Koehler [D]

Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
2019-03-20	Senate	Postponed - Transportation
2019-03-14	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2019-03-13	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
2019-03-12	Senate	Postponed - Transportation
2019-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Transportation
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
220	5	16-107.8	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2059&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2059.htm