A local lawmaker is celebrating a piece of energy legislation that did not make it through the legislature this spring.

State Representative Dr. Bill Hauter (how-tur) indicates the energy omnibus bill was a proposed piece of legislation that would have had devastating impacts for families in Illinois.

According to the Morton Republican, the business community stepped up and spoke out against this legislation.

While not to the level of the homeschooling legislation proposed, Dr. Hauter says there was great pushback against this legislation. He also points out the homeschool legislation did not make it through the legislature either.