# Illinois HB5524: UTILITY CHARGE TRANSPARENCY Illinois HB5524, UTILITY CHARGE TRANSPARENCY, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-07-20 (Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5524-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB5524 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: UTILITY CHARGE TRANSPARENCY - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-06 - Last action: 2026-07-20, Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 54 - Subjects: public utilities, assignments, energy and public utilities - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (337 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain a website that details any charges, either required by law or approved by the Commission, that are charged by an electric utility, other than delivery or supply charges. Provides that the website shall include certain information for amounts collected from a charge that are remitted to the State and for amounts collected from a charge that are retained by the electric utility. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Amy Briel (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Amy Elik (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Anthony DeLuca (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bradley Fritts (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brandun Schweizer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Carol Ammons (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chapin Rose (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Charles Meier (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Balkema (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Craig Wilcox (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Curtis J. Tarver, II (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Darby A. Hills (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Dave Severin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dave Syverson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Dave Vella (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: David Friess (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David Koehler (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dennis Tipsword (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Erica Harriss (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Fred Crespo (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jason Plummer (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jason R. Bunting (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jawaharial Williams (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jed Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Keicher (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Sanalitro (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joe C. Sosnowski (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Justin Cochran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kevin Schmidt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Martha Deuter (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Martin McLaughlin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Matt Hanson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Maurice A. West, II (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael J. Coffey, Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Nicole La Ha (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Norine K. Hammond (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patrick Sheehan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patrick Windhorst (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Paul Jacobs (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Regan Deering (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rick Ryan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Robert "Bob" Rita (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sally J. Turner (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steve Stadelman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sue Rezin (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Suzy Glowiak Hilton (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Terri Bryant (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Theresa Mah (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tom Weber (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tony M. McCombie (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Travis Weaver (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William E Hauter (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-31 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs | pass | 117 | 0 | | | 2026-05-29 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-05-28 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 59 | 0 | | | 2026-05-21 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; | pass | 13 | 0 | | | 2026-05-07 | Senate | Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2026-04-09 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 106 | 0 | | | 2026-03-24 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; | pass | 15 | 0 | | ## Actions (97) - 2026-07-20: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox (Senate) - 2026-07-09: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0541 (House) - 2026-07-09: Effective Date January 1, 2027 (House) - 2026-07-09: Governor Approved (House) - 2026-06-26: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2026-06-08: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons (House) - 2026-05-31: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2026-05-31: House Concurs (House) - 2026-05-31: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 117-000-000 (House) - 2026-05-29: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2026-05-29: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Public Utilities Committee (House) - 2026-05-28: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-05-28: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Dave Severin (House) - 2026-05-28: Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2 (House) - 2026-05-28: Arrived in House (House) - 2026-05-28: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-22: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Darby A. Hills (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Bryant (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 013-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-20: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2026-05-19: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments (Senate) - 2026-05-19: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2026-05-15: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-05-15: Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terri Bryant (Senate) - 2026-05-13: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-05-13: Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terri Bryant (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Terri Bryant (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-14: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson (House) - 2026-04-09: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting (House) - 2026-04-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-07: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis Tipsword (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Cochran (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Regan Deering (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. (House) - 2026-03-25: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-24: Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 015-000-000 (House) - 2026-03-18: Assigned to Public Utilities Committee (House) - 2026-02-13: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-13: First Reading (House) - 2026-02-06: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Severin (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524enr.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524sam001.pdf) - Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524sam002.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/10400HB5524eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524enr.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524sam001.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5524sam002.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-HB5524-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).