---
type: "Bill"
title: "NATURAL GAS COOP ASSETS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality and a natural gas cooperative may voluntarily enter into an agreement defining the geographic areas in which each party shall provide retail natural gas service for certain reasons. Provides that a natural gas cooperative shall enter into such an agreement only if the natural gas cooperative has acquired the operating assets of a public utility or natural gas cooperative with the intention of operating those assets as a natural gas cooperative. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Defines \"public utility\" to exclude natural gas cooperatives that are not-for-profit corporations operated for the purpose of administering, on a cooperative basis, the furnishing of natural gas for the benefit of their members and that have acquired the operating assets of a public utility or natural gas cooperative with the intention of operating those assets as a natural gas cooperative. Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that not-for-profit corporations may be organized for the purpose of furnishing natural gas on a cooperative basis. Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2807"
citation: "Illinois SB 2807 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-20"
last_action: "2006-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cddd811c-29d3-4a8d-be84-4e1c7602c0be"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2807&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23894&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c0fcc382f7b366c5bda88ecc0081e7e57c5584324e553896c88c06176e13913e"
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 2807 (94th) — NATURAL GAS COOP ASSETS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality and a natural gas cooperative may voluntarily enter into an agreement defining the geographic areas in which each party shall provide retail natural gas service for certain reasons. Provides that a natural gas cooperative shall enter into such an agreement only if the natural gas cooperative has acquired the operating assets of a public utility or natural gas cooperative with the intention of operating those assets as a natural gas cooperative. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Defines "public utility" to exclude natural gas cooperatives that are not-for-profit corporations operated for the purpose of administering, on a cooperative basis, the furnishing of natural gas for the benefit of their members and that have acquired the operating assets of a public utility or natural gas cooperative with the intention of operating those assets as a natural gas cooperative. Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that not-for-profit corporations may be organized for the purpose of furnishing natural gas on a cooperative basis. Makes other changes. 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=09400SB2807&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23894&DocNum=2807&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2807eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23894&DocNum=2807&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2807enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23894&DocNum=2807&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `filing`
- **2006-01-20** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2006-01-20** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
- **2006-01-20** Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2006-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-01** Assigned to Environment & Energy `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment & Energy
- **2006-02-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Do Pass as Amended Environment & Energy; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
- **2006-02-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2006
- **2006-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Environment & Energy
- **2006-03-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Environment & Energy; 011-000-000
- **2006-03-02** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Clayborne `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2006-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2006-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-03** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2006-03-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-04** Effective Date May 4, 2006
- **2006-05-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0738 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cddd811c-29d3-4a8d-be84-4e1c7602c0be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).