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IL HB4830

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/3/2026

Primary Sponsor

Sharon Chung

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Origin

House of Representatives

104th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Defines "agrivoltaic system" as a ground-mounted solar energy system intentionally designed with agricultural producers or agrivoltaics experts that simultaneously produces solar energy and marketable agricultural products on land beneath or between solar panel rows
  • Requires agricultural production to begin as soon as agronomically feasible after solar panels become operational and continue until decommissioning
  • Includes apiaries as qualifying agricultural products only when paired with another marketable agricultural product
  • Excludes systems that use pollinator habitat as the sole dual use from the agrivoltaic system definition
  • Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act and Public Utilities Act by adding this new definition to existing regulatory frameworks

Legislative Description

AGRIVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

Last Action

Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Energy & Environment3/12/2026
Rules2/6/2026

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