---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES TREE TRIMMING"
description: "UTILITIES TREE TRIMMING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 1776"
citation: "Illinois HB 1776 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-02T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6e40457-3d64-4a67-ae99-08bbe8b12743"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "058f96571ca9099a379f00b884484542b966870af0278eab35ceac32fe63ffdb"
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 HB 1776 (92nd) — UTILITIES TREE TRIMMING

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1776** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB1776LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERNS — cosponsor (person)
- BRADY — cosponsor (person)
- HOEFT — cosponsor (person)
- MAITLAND — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- ROSKAM — cosponsor (person)
- RUTHERFORD — cosponsor (person)
- WEAVER — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR NOVAK
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVRMNT ENRGY `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-003-002 HENE
- **2001-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BRADY
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOEFT
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RUTHERFORD
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RUTHERFORD
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HENE
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RUTHERFORD
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RUTHERFORD
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HENE/010-004-000
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BERNS
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINKEL
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RUTHERFORD
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/004-000-000
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-RUTHERFORD
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** WITHDRAWN
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RUTHERFORD
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 086-020-001 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-17
- **2001-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WEAVER
- **2001-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 007-001-002 SEXC
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-08
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MAITLAND
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR ROSKAM
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-09
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 040-010-004 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-08T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-02T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-02T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-02
- **2001-08-02T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0214

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6e40457-3d64-4a67-ae99-08bbe8b12743`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).