SB2958 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

AGRIVOLTAIC SYSTEMS
Last Action
2/03/2026 - Senate: Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 3855/1-10  
220 ILCS 5/3-128 new  
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act and the Public Utilities Act. Provides that "agrivoltaic system" means a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar energy system that meets the following criteria: (1) the applicable farm plan and the system have been intentionally designed with agricultural producers, agrivoltaics experts, or both agricultural producers and agrivoltaics experts; (2) the system is constructed, installed, and operated to achieve an integrated and simultaneous production of both solar energy and current or future marketable agricultural products, including all products and activities described in the definition of "production agriculture" in the Use Tax Act and apiaries if the apiary is paired with another qualifying marketable agricultural product, by an agricultural producer; (3) the agricultural production of the system occur on land beneath or between rows of solar panels; and (4) the agricultural production of the system begins as soon as agronomically feasible and optimal for the agricultural producer after the commercial operation date of the solar panels and continues until decommissioning. Provides that "agrivoltaic system" does not include a system that has a pollinator habitat as the sole dual use of the system.
Actions
DateChamberAction
1/27/2026SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler
1/27/2026SenateFirst Reading
1/27/2026SenateReferred to Assignments
2/03/2026SenateAssigned to Energy and Public Utilities
2/17/2026SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
2/19/2026SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán