# Illinois HB3541: ILLINOIS CLIMATE WORKS PROGRAM Illinois HB3541, ILLINOIS CLIMATE WORKS PROGRAM, 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); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB3541-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB3541 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: ILLINOIS CLIMATE WORKS PROGRAM - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Last action: 2025-06-02, Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 7 - Subjects: labor & commerce, assignments, energy and public utilities - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (146 yes, 21 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the Climate Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program shall recruit, prescreen, and provide pre-apprenticeship training relevant to clean energy apprenticeships in the construction and building trades and that the Program shall meet certain requirements regarding applicant placements (rather than requiring each Climate Works Hub that receives funding from the Energy Transition Assistance Fund to perform certain actions). ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Amy Briel (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kevin Schmidt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Natalie A. Manley (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sonya M. Harper (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Steve Stadelman (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 92 | 21 | | | 2025-04-09 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; | pass | 27 | 0 | | ## Actions (33) - 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) - 2025-04-29: Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel (House) - 2025-04-14: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-14: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt (House) - 2025-04-10: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper (House) - 2025-04-10: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 092-021-000 (House) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-10: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-09: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 027-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. (House) - 2025-03-26: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-26: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-20: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez (House) - 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-19: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled (House) - 2025-03-19: Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 027-000-000 (House) - 2025-03-18: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee (House) - 2025-03-14: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-14: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. (House) - 2025-03-11: Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-18: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-07: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3541eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3541ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3541ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3541.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/10400HB3541eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3541ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3541ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3541.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-HB3541-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).