---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER COMMISSION-TERRITORY"
description: "Amends the Water Commission Act of 1985. Provides that the territory of a water commission shall not include territory within a municipality that constructs and operates its own water system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Illinois SB 249 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57f663e3-0d5a-41bc-9bcb-46ba503dc193"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=249&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27759&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "2d1ac56664e8530bec5464b29520a60539b6a93853d11969eddc3620ad5eaab4"
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 249 (95th) — WATER COMMISSION-TERRITORY

Amends the Water Commission Act of 1985. Provides that the territory of a water commission shall not include territory within a municipality that constructs and operates its own water system.

## 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=09500SB0249&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27759&DocNum=249&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0249eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27759&DocNum=249&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0249enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27759&DocNum=249&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
- **2007-03-08** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2007-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 23, 2007
- **2007-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2007-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 006-000-000
- **2007-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 055-000-000
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0114 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57f663e3-0d5a-41bc-9bcb-46ba503dc193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).