---
type: "Bill"
title: "TELECOM-EMERGENCY CONNECTIONS"
description: "TELECOM-EMERGENCY CONNECTIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 5709"
citation: "Illinois HB 5709 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-06-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a79f00d-19a2-4a17-9895-9506154b3bc8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "eb377615d3ffb7147302b6932268c89637afe96e4d9b9166cd0a60ae3ab00c80"
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 5709 (92nd) — TELECOM-EMERGENCY CONNECTIONS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB5709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB5709LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,JOSEPH — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MENDOZA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-13T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC UTILS `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH
- **2002-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MENDOZA
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 007-000-000 HPUB
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 080-034-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-03
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2002-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CLAYBORNE
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SENV
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-04-11
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-04-18
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHADID
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-002-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-06-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 03-01-01
- **2002-06-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0557

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a79f00d-19a2-4a17-9895-9506154b3bc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).