Date	Chamber	Action
8/13/2007	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0081

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

220 ILCS 5/4-602 new

220 ILCS 5/4-603 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall conduct a comprehensive workforce analysis study of each electric utility to determine the adequacy of the total in-house staffing in each job classification or job title critical to maintaining quality reliability and restoring service in each electric utility's service territory. Provides that each report shall contain a yearly detailed comparison beginning with 1995 and ending in 2006 of certain ratios for each electric utility. Provides that the ratios shall be reported from each utility's named service area, district, division, outlying area, village, municipality, reporting point, or region. Provides that the analysis shall determine the total number of contractor employees for the same time frame and shall be conducted in the same manner as the in-house analysis. Provides that the Commission may hold public hearings while conducting the analysis to assist in the adequacy of the study. Requires the Commission to hold public hearings on the study and present the results to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2008. Provides that the Commission shall require electric utilities to develop and implement strategies to attract and retain workers and remedy any deficiencies found by the study. Provides that the Commission shall develop and implement rules to require each electric utility to employ an adequately sized, well-trained in-house utility work force, including, but not limited to, benchmarks for employee staffing levels for each classification and employee training for each classification. Effective immediately.

House Amendment No. 1
Adds language providing that an electric utility shall bear the costs of issuing any reports required by provisions concerning an electric utility workforce study and it shall not be entitled to recovery of any costs incurred in complying with those provisions.

	Fiscal Note, House Amendment No. 1 (Illinois Commerce Commission)
	Since the bill requires the companies to pay for all costs associated with this bill, the ICC's fiscal impact will be minimal.

House Amendment No. 2
Changes the date the Illinois Commerce Commission must hold public hearings on the study and present the results to the General Assembly from January 1, 2008 to January 1, 2009. Deletes a provision providing that the Commission shall require electric utilities to develop and implement strategies to attract and retain workers and remedy any deficiencies found by the study. Provides that the Commission shall develop benchmarks for employee staffing levels for each classification and employee training for each classification (instead of also requiring the Commission to implement rules to require each electric utility to employ an adequately sized, well-trained in-house utility work force). Makes a technical change.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/7/2007	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
2/7/2007	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
2/7/2007	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
2/7/2007	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
2/7/2007	House	First Reading
2/7/2007	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/20/2007	House	Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
2/21/2007	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
2/21/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
2/23/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
2/28/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
2/28/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
3/8/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
3/8/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
3/13/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Consumer Protection Committee
3/13/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Consumer Protection Committee; by Voice Vote
3/13/2007	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 012-000-000
3/14/2007	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/15/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
3/20/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
3/21/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
3/21/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
4/17/2007	House	House Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
4/17/2007	House	House Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
4/23/2007	House	House Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
4/25/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
4/25/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
4/25/2007	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/25/2007	House	House Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
4/25/2007	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/25/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
4/26/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
4/26/2007	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
4/27/2007	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
5/1/2007	Senate	Arrive in Senate
5/1/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
5/1/2007	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
5/1/2007	Senate	First Reading
5/1/2007	Senate	Referred to Rules
5/2/2007	Senate	Assigned to Environment and Energy
5/10/2007	Senate	Do Pass Environment and Energy; 011-000-000
5/10/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
5/15/2007	Senate	Second Reading
5/15/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
5/16/2007	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
5/16/2007	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
5/16/2007	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
5/16/2007	House	Passed Both Houses
6/14/2007	House	Sent to the Governor
8/13/2007	House	Governor Approved
8/13/2007	House	Effective Date August 13, 2007
8/13/2007	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0081

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