Illinois SB 3612: LOW-INCOME BROADBAND RATES
Status: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson (as of 2026-03-31)
State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: SB 3612
Sponsors: Rachel Ventura, Adriane Johnson
Bill Text
• Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB3612 • • • • • • • • • • • • Select Language × The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein. Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet. The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website. NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window. Choose Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bengali Bosnian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Interlingue Inuktitut Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar Nepali Norwegian Odia Pashto Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Sardinian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Southern Sotho Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Close Illinois General Assembly Top Navigation Bar Translate Learn Select General Assembly Search the 104th General Assembly Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. ILGA.GOV • • LEGISLATION & LAWS • Bills & Resolutions • Public Acts • Illinois Compiled Statutes • Illinois Constitution • Search Legislation • Glossary • Guide • Reports & Inquiry • Legislative Reports • Special Reports • FTP Site • Legislator Lookup • Capitol Complex Phone Numbers • Rules & Regulations • Illinois Register • Administrative Rules • Senate • Members • Schedules • Committees • Request for Remote Testimony • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • Senate Employment Opportunities • Media Guidelines • House • Members • Schedules • Committees • Submit testimony for House Committees • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • House Employment Opportunities • Log In Mobile Top Bar Search the 104th General Assembly Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. Full Text of SB3612 • Home • Legislation • Full Text SB3612 - 104th General Assembly • Bill Status • Full Text • Votes • Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Senate Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Senate Amendment 001 Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB3612 Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 220 ILCS 5/16-108.35 new Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, broadband providers shall offer affordable rates to serve the needs of low-income broadband customers. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish and implement appropriate rules to ensure that low-income broadband rates are developed by broadband providers, including, but not limited to, rules establishing minimum Internet service speeds at affordable rates and setting a maximum low-income broadband rate for broadband service. Effective immediately. LRB104 20000 AAS 33451 b A BILL FOR SB3612LRB104 20000 AAS 33451 b 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding 5Section 16-108.35 as follows: 6 (220 ILCS 5/16-108.35 new) 7 Sec. 16-108.35. Broadband providers; low-income rates. 8Beginning January 1, 2027, broadband providers shall offer 9affordable rates to serve the needs of low-income broadband 10customers. The Commission shall establish and implement 11appropriate rules to ensure that low-income broadband rates 12are developed by broadband providers, including, but not 13limited to, rules establishing minimum Internet service speeds 14at affordable rates and setting a maximum low-income broadband 15rate for broadband service. 16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 17becoming law. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois Ge
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