Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2009	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

220 ILCS 5/8-302

from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-302

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require that every public utility shall take an actual reading of a customer's service usage during each billing period, and that no utility may estimate a customer's service usage unless the customer has knowingly and willfully denied reasonable access to the utility's representative for the purpose of taking an actual meter reading. Effective immediately.

House Amendment No. 1

	Deletes reference to:
	220 ILCS 5/8-302

	Adds reference to:
	220 ILCS 5/8-307 new

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a gas utility shall bill a customer for service only after that service is actually provided to the customer. Effective immediately.

House Amendment No. 2
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility shall bill a customer for service only (i) after the service meter has been connected or (ii) if the service is to new construction and the utility is actually providing service to the customer. Effective immediately.

House Amendment No. 3
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility shall bill a customer for the legally-obtained commodity only (i) after the service meter has been connected or (ii) if the service is to new construction, after the meter has been connected to the service line. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/22/2007	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Eddie Washington
2/22/2007	House	First Reading
2/22/2007	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/27/2007	House	Assigned to Public Utilities Committee
3/13/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Public Utilities Committee
3/13/2007	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee; by Voice Vote
3/13/2007	House	Motion Do Pass as Amended - Lost Public Utilities Committee; 006-003-001
3/13/2007	House	Remains in Public Utilities Committee
3/20/2007	House	House Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Public Utilities Committee
3/20/2007	House	House Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee; by Voice Vote
3/20/2007	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 008-000-004
3/21/2007	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/29/2007	House	House Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eddie Washington
3/29/2007	House	House Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
4/16/2007	House	House Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
4/17/2007	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/17/2007	House	House Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote
4/17/2007	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/19/2007	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 083-030-002
4/20/2007	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/20/2007	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/20/2007	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
4/20/2007	Senate	First Reading
4/20/2007	Senate	Referred to Rules
4/25/2007	Senate	Assigned to Environment and Energy
5/2/2007	Senate	Held in Environment and Energy
5/10/2007	Senate	Held in Environment and Energy
5/11/2007	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
5/15/2008	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee
1/13/2009	House	Session Sine Die

Back To Top