---
type: "Bill"
title: "CABLE TV-JUST COMPENSATION"
description: "CABLE TV-JUST COMPENSATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 691"
citation: "Illinois SB 691 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6139e77-6985-4e75-b79a-20a51b47327a"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "14869ffd3086dd3bd10f5ca8b912c79b554fab03fefbdffbfa20f83a30a591fc"
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 691 (90th) — CABLE TV-JUST COMPENSATION

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0691** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0691LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BUTLER — cosponsor (person)
- HUGHES — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- STROGER — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOVERN S
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SLGV
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-17
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 048-003-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR HUGHES
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOVT `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR STROGER
- **1997-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR TURNER,ART
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOVT H
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 017-000-000 HLGV
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BUTLER
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BUTLER
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SLGV
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BUTLER
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SLGV/010-000-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/BUTLER
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/055-000-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-19T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0450

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6139e77-6985-4e75-b79a-20a51b47327a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).