---
type: "Bill"
title: "CTY CD & MUNI CD-UTILITY POLES"
description: "Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or a municipality may use a utility pole that is owned by the State or a unit of local government or a public right-of-way that is owned by the State or a unit of local government for public safety purposes, including, but not limited to, the placement of equipment associated with public safety. Provides that any fee charged by the owner of a utility pole for use by a county or municipality shall be at the lowest rate charged by the owner and shall not exceed the owner's costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 1380"
citation: "Illinois SB 1380 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harry Benton", "John F. Curran"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cb888a9-1ce6-4943-a351-d149e45385b6"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1380&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=159428&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "4804eaa84fd20c3196701dc5be65ee234b12553578e280c9c8acc56a986ebb8e"
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 1380 (104th) — CTY CD & MUNI CD-UTILITY POLES

Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or a municipality may use a utility pole that is owned by the State or a unit of local government or a public right-of-way that is owned by the State or a unit of local government for public safety purposes, including, but not limited to, the placement of equipment associated with public safety. Provides that any fee charged by the owner of a utility pole for use by a county or municipality shall be at the lowest rate charged by the owner and shall not exceed the owner's costs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1380.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1380eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1380sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1380sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1380enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Energy and Public Utilities — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Energy and Public Utilities, Amendment 2 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Energy and Public Utilities — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Public Utilities — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harry Benton — primary (person)
- John F. Curran — primary (person)
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Deuter — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Sheehan — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John F. Curran `filing`
- **2025-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-04** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John F. Curran `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2025-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2025-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John F. Curran `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 013-000-000
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Curran `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2025
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 017-000-000
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
- **2025-05-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2025-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2025-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2025-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2025-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0097 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cb888a9-1ce6-4943-a351-d149e45385b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).