---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTIL VEGETATION MANAGEMENT"
description: "UTIL VEGETATION MANAGEMENT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 1541"
citation: "Illinois SB 1541 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 66
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89797905-0237-454c-b6db-a2e1eed6a974"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "289d51cdb5859389acdde5093bf0434e6b806a517dd2d0d575c3eb6dc4cedef4"
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 1541 (91st) — UTIL VEGETATION MANAGEMENT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB1541LV.html)

## Sponsors

- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- GILES — cosponsor (person)
- MAITLAND — cosponsor (person)
- RUTHERFORD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SENV
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-02-17
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-02-22
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MAITLAND
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MAITLAND
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MAITLAND
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-02-24
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVRMNT ENRGY `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COULSON
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-ENVRMNT ENRGY H
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED/STANDARD DEBATE 009-003-004 HENE
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HA #1/CORRECTED
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RUTHERFORD
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RUTHERFORD
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-RUTHERFORD
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #3
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-RUTHERFORD
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RUTHERFORD
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** WITHDRAWN
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-RUTHERFORD
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #3
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 103-006-008 `reading-3`
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GILES
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01,03
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,03/MAITLAND
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,03/MAITLAND
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SENV
- **2000-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,03/MAITLAND
- **2000-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SENV/008-000-000
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,03/MAITLAND
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,03/059-000-000
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-07-06
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0902

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89797905-0237-454c-b6db-a2e1eed6a974`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).