---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CD-ZONING-TELECOMMUNICTNS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Deletes a provision prohibiting a municipality from exercising its zoning powers outside of the corporate limits of the municipality with respect to facilities of telecommunications carriers. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1576"
citation: "Illinois SB 1576 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbbf475f-daa5-4500-b403-c132fd451159"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1576&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4704&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "ef10545fba67b048aa9d8ef7860a487050aa5bfcd68c0fd48aa1849b3e5b4449"
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 1576 (93rd) — MUNI CD-ZONING-TELECOMMUNICTNS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Deletes a provision prohibiting a municipality from exercising its zoning powers outside of the corporate limits of the municipality with respect to facilities of telecommunications carriers. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1576&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4704&DocNum=1576&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1576eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4704&DocNum=1576&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1576enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4704&DocNum=1576&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eileen Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
- **2003-03-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2003
- **2003-04-04** Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10(e) to April 9, 2003. `reading-3`
- **2003-04-09** Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10(e) to December 31, 2003. `reading-3`
- **2003-07-01** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-03** Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2004-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2004
- **2004-03-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2004-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Local Government; 007-000-000
- **2004-03-25** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2004-04-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-003-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2004-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2004
- **2004-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0698 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbbf475f-daa5-4500-b403-c132fd451159`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).