---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES-LARGE PUBLIC UTILITY"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning valuation of water and sewer utilities, provides that to be included within the definition of \"large public utility\" an investor-owned public utility must regularly provide water or sewer service to more than 15,000 customer connections (rather than 30,000 customer connections)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 515"
citation: "Illinois SB 515 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann M. Williams", "Michael E. Hastings"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4f38cfa-8b23-47d4-a38a-3c7084f4da4c"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=515&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133097&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "cb18b36ee6280bec7dede226f684dfcb3922539949bf1a4b94b75aa5ef8c3bc1"
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 515 (102nd) — UTILITIES-LARGE PUBLIC UTILITY

Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning valuation of water and sewer utilities, provides that to be included within the definition of "large public utility" an investor-owned public utility must regularly provide water or sewer service to more than 15,000 customer connections (rather than 30,000 customer connections).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0515.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0515eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0515enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — primary (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings `filing`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 018-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2021
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Public Utilities Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-10** Removed from Consent Calendar Status Rep. Greg Harris
- **2021-05-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2021-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0149 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4f38cfa-8b23-47d4-a38a-3c7084f4da4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).