Scope
House Bill 5513 of the 104th Illinois General Assembly would amend the Environmental Protection Act, the Energy Efficient Building Act, the Illinois Power Agency Act, the Public Utilities Act and related statutes to set environmental, water and energy requirements for hyperscale data centers. According to the official synopsis these include cumulative impact assessments, public notice, community benefits agreements, a prohibition on nondisclosure agreements, water planning and quarterly water usage reporting, Water Impact Permits, and annual energy and water reporting to the Illinois Commerce Commission. It is a pending bill and has not been enacted.
- Geographic scope
- Illinois
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Illinois General Assembly
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not enacted
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Illinois House Bill 5513, filed on 6 February 2026, proposes the same environmental, water and energy requirements for hyperscale data centers as Senate Bill 4016, according to the synopsis on the General Assembly's bill-status page. It was assigned to the House Executive Committee and re-referred to the Rules Committee under Rule 19(a) on 27 March 2026, with no passage vote recorded. It is a proposal and creates no requirement.
What this does not establish
- The description comes from the official synopsis as introduced, not from an analysis of the bill text.
- Senate Bill 4016 carries the same synopsis and is a separate record.
- Re-referral to the Rules Committee under House Rule 19(a) is not recorded as a final defeat; whether the bill advances later in the 104th General Assembly is unknown.
- The bill-status page prints no short title; the name POWER Act used in other sources is not relied on.
- The status page opened on 23 September 2026 is byte-identical to the 22 September copy.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the bill receives further action before the 104th General Assembly ends.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- Related, not a replacement Senate Bill 4016 on hyperscale data centers (pending) (Proposed)
Sources
https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5513&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionId=114