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+type: "Bill"
+title: "UTILITIES - VETERANS"
+description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no utility during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 may disconnect service to any residential premises of which a service member or veteran is a primary occupant. Defines \"veteran\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "HB 1260"
+citation: "Illinois HB 1260 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-02-08"
+last_action: "2011-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0acf842c-ffaa-44dc-adff-a878a989bba9"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1260&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57237&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "394e4ef58d8892ad5a6135e3d5e5562fcc3546dd0e8984befc11057c0139861c"
+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 1260 (97th) — UTILITIES - VETERANS
+
+Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no utility during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 may disconnect service to any residential premises of which a service member or veteran is a primary occupant. Defines "veteran".
+
+## 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=09700HB1260&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57237&DocNum=1260&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1260eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57237&DocNum=1260&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1260enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57237&DocNum=1260&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Keith Farnham — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `filing`
+- **2011-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
+- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-14** Assigned to Armed Forces & Military Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
+- **2011-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Armed Forces & Military Affairs Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
+- **2011-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
+- **2011-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2011-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
+- **2011-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `amendment-introduction`
+- **2011-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
+- **2011-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
+- **2011-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
+- **2011-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
+- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
+- **2011-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
+- **2011-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2011-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2011-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
+- **2011-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Energy; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
+- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
+- **2011-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
+- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-07-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2011-07-05** Effective Date January 1, 2012
+- **2011-07-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0077 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0acf842c-ffaa-44dc-adff-a878a989bba9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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