---
type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-CABLE TV FRANCHISE"
description: "CNTY CD-CABLE TV FRANCHISE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 999"
citation: "Illinois SB 999 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-31T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a9eabca-b498-4b43-bad3-0c2de71db8ac"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ac5ff8791613c10bc985d9f09541d62df5ade7eb6a38fc3f8c57edd7fd0cf86f"
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 999 (90th) — CNTY CD-CABLE TV FRANCHISE

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0999LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BRUNSVOLD — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,SHIRLEY — cosponsor (person)
- RYDER — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** RE-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE RULES
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 007-002-000 SLGV
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 034-012-008 `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 BRUNSVOLD
- **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 EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RYDER
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** RE-ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC UTILS
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** WAIVE POSTING NOTICE
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE PUBLIC UTILS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB UTILITIES H
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-001 HPUB
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED BLACK
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED BLACK
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED BLACK
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,SHIRLEY
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQST-WITHDRN BLACK
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN-BLACK
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/WATSON
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/WATSON
- **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/WATSON
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SLGV/009-001-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/WATSON
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/057-000-001
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-10T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-31
- **1997-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0285

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a9eabca-b498-4b43-bad3-0c2de71db8ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).