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+type: "Bill"
+title: "EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYS-REPORT"
+description: "Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Repeals provisions requiring each telephone company to file a report (in every even numbered year) with the Illinois Commerce Commission and the General Assembly regarding the telephone company's implementation of a planned emergency telephone system and its projected further implementation of the plan. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "HB 791"
+citation: "Illinois HB 791 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-06"
+last_action: "2009-08-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddef2c2a-266f-443a-ad93-d7b474336195"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=791&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42239&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "b243d360c524ceafbf2e9df21e80e533ba33a588ba134cd8200855e0b45fab0d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 791 (96th) — EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYS-REPORT
+
+Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Repeals provisions requiring each telephone company to file a report (in every even numbered year) with the Illinois Commerce Commission and the General Assembly regarding the telephone company's implementation of a planned emergency telephone system and its projected further implementation of the plan. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0791&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42239&DocNum=791&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0791eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42239&DocNum=791&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0791enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42239&DocNum=791&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert Rita — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
+- **2009-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-11** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-02-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
+- **2009-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-25** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
+- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Telecommunications and Information Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-23** Do Pass Telecommunications and Information Technology; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
+- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
+- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
+- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0508 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddef2c2a-266f-443a-ad93-d7b474336195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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