# Illinois HB3312: UTILITY DATA ACCESS ACT Illinois HB3312, UTILITY DATA ACCESS ACT, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2025-06-02 (Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB3312-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB3312 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: UTILITY DATA ACCESS ACT - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-06-02, Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 10 - Subjects: public utilities, assignments, energy and public utilities - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (98 yes, 52 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Creates the Utility Data Access Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to enact the following procedures: (1) a utility shall retain all consumption data for a period of not less than 2 years; (2) a qualified utility shall retain monthly consumption data used for billing for a period of not less than 15 years; (3) a utility shall honor an account holder's request to transmit the account holder's covered usage data held by the utility to any entity designated by the account holder; (4) a qualified data recipient with respect to a qualified building or qualified property may request that a qualified utility provide aggregated usage data for the qualified building or qualified property; (5) a utility shall deliver requested data on a schedule set by the Commission; and (6) the account holder request process and utility delivery of requested data shall be convenient and secure. Establishes requirements for: the Commission's participation in a stakeholder process; the form and timeline in which covered usage data is provided to the data recipient; entry of data into the benchmarking tool; and the provision of covered usage data to recipients upon account holder authorization. Provides that, except in cases where the utility has not followed processes established by the Act or the utility is grossly negligent, the utility shall be held harmless for third-party misuse of data shared under the Act and no cause of action may be initiated against the utility for such subsequent misuse. Provides that prior to filing for cost recovery, a qualified utility must first demonstrate good faith efforts to secure federal, State, or other relevant funding options. Sets forth provisions regarding funding for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under the Act and the Commission selecting and engaging outside consultants with experience in benchmarking and utility data access. States findings. Defines terms. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Graciela Guzmán (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kelly M. Cassidy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kevin John Olickal (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lakesia Collins (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lilian Jiménez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mary Beth Canty (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mike Simmons (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rachel Ventura (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Theresa Mah (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Will Guzzardi (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 72 | 38 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; | pass | 13 | 7 | | | 2025-03-19 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; | pass | 13 | 7 | | ## Actions (32) - 2025-06-02: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-09: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-14: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-038-000 (House) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-10: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez (House) - 2025-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah (House) - 2025-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal (House) - 2025-04-08: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; 013-007-000 (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty (House) - 2025-04-04: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi (House) - 2025-03-27: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (House) - 2025-03-26: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-26: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 013-007-000 (House) - 2025-03-11: Assigned to Public Utilities Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-06: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3312eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3312ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3312.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3312eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3312ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3312.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB3312-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).