---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNDERGROUND UTILITY DAMAGE"
description: "UNDERGROUND UTILITY DAMAGE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 2138"
citation: "Illinois HB 2138 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-07-27T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a42224ef-cbc5-439b-a311-752ab60866fe"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f9dc66f20d3e5b793229e405dac11ee3b4cd455e417185f837c9100e94aa9ac9"
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 2138 (92nd) — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DAMAGE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB2138LV.html)

## Sponsors

- HASSERT — cosponsor (person)
- MAHAR — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CIVIL LAW H
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-HASSERT
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HASSERT
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 04-HASSERT
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 04-HASSERT
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 04-HASSERT
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HA'S # 2 & 3
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-17
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SENV
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-04-26
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MAHAR
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-02
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-27T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-27T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-07-01
- **2001-07-27T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0179

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a42224ef-cbc5-439b-a311-752ab60866fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).