---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITY-NOTICE IN SPANISH"
description: "Amends the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985 of the Public Utilities Act. Requires a Large Electing Provider to provide the required statement in a notice of proposed cessation of requested service to existing customers in English and in Spanish. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2908"
citation: "Illinois SB 2908 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/513b6336-1473-4130-b35b-d55682acf8b6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2908&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110151&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "a70c06d8eb2304f53a2afa43077b2f0434c7ce32d39aac9bc9eb86570ee0c063"
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 SB 2908 (100th) — UTILITY-NOTICE IN SPANISH

Amends the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985 of the Public Utilities Act. Requires a Large Electing Provider to provide the required statement in a notice of proposed cessation of requested service to existing customers in English and in Spanish. 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=10000SB2908&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110151&DocNum=2908&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2908eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110151&DocNum=2908&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2908enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110151&DocNum=2908&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **88–17** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anna Moeller — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2018-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Assigned to Telecommunications and Information Technology `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Do Pass Telecommunications and Information Technology; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 17, 2018
- **2018-04-12** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2018-04-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2018-04-18** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2018-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 19, 2018
- **2018-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 044-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-05-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2018-05-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2018-05-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
- **2018-05-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2018-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2018-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2018-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2018-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2018-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 088-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-03** Effective Date August 3, 2018
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0719 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/513b6336-1473-4130-b35b-d55682acf8b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).