# Illinois SB3922: UTILITIES-VARIOUS Illinois SB3922, UTILITIES-VARIOUS, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Steve Stadelman (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-02 (Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3922-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB3922 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: UTILITIES-VARIOUS - Status: in committee - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-06 - Last action: 2026-07-02, Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments - Sponsor: Steve Stadelman (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: assignments, energy and public utilities - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (9 yes, 5 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning virtual power plant programs, provides that, in setting the values of upfront payment and performance payment compensation under the provisions, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall set values for eligible systems that include energy storage that are, taking into account the time value of money, not less than: (A) for an eligible system that did not receive and agrees not to apply for a rebate for its storage component under specified provisions, $250 per kilowatt-hour nameplate capacity paid on the date the system is placed in service; or (B) for an eligible system that received a rebate for its storage component under specified provisions, $0 per kilowatt-hour. In provisions concerning distributed generation and storage rebates, provides that, until the later of December 31, 2029 or the threshold date (rather than until December 31, 2029), the value of specified rebates shall be $300 per kilowatt of nameplate generating capacity, measured as nominal DC power output, of the distributed generation. Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning setback distances for commercial wind energy facilities or commercial solar energy facilities, specifies that the ability of a county to require a reasonable setback distance between fencing and public rights-of-way if the requirement is not specific to commercial wind energy facilities or commercial solar energy facilities and does not preclude the development of commercial wind energy facilities or commercial solar energy facilities or the ability of commercial wind energy facilities or commercial solar energy facilities to comply with the requirements set forth in the provisions shall not exceed 50 feet between fencing and public rights-of-way. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that a "community renewable generation project" means an electric generating facility that, among other things, is limited in nameplate capacity to less than or equal to 5,000 kilowatts (rather than 10,000 kilowatts). Makes other changes. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Steve Stadelman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-07 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; | pass | 9 | 5 | | ## Actions (26) - 2026-07-02: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-06-01: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-05-26: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes (Senate) - 2026-05-22: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-19: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2026-05-15: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-15: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-05-15: Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman (Senate) - 2026-05-13: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-13: Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; 009-005-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted (Senate) - 2026-05-05: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2026-05-01: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-05-01: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Postponed - Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2026-04-28: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-24: Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-24: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-24: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-06: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-02-06: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-02-06: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman (Senate) ## Bill text - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3922.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3922sam001.pdf) - Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3922sam002.pdf) - Senate Amendment 3: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3922sam003.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 - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3922.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3922sam001.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3922sam002.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 3 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB3922sam003.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-SB3922-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).