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IL SB2958

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2026

Primary Sponsor

David Koehler

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Origin

Senate

104th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes a legal definition of "agrivoltaic system" as ground-mounted solar panels intentionally designed with agricultural producers or agrivoltaics experts to achieve simultaneous solar energy and agricultural production

  • Requires agricultural production to occur on land beneath or between rows of solar panels, beginning as soon as agronomically feasible after commercial operation and continuing until decommissioning

  • Includes marketable agricultural products as defined in the Use Tax Act, plus apiaries when paired with another qualifying agricultural product

  • Explicitly excludes systems that use pollinator habitat as the sole dual use from qualifying as agrivoltaic systems

  • Amends both the Illinois Power Agency Act and the Public Utilities Act to add this new definition

Legislative Description

AGRIVOLTAIC SYSTEMS

Last Action

Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026

3/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Energy and Public Utilities2/3/2026
Assignments1/27/2026

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