---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES-GAS-SINGLE BILL"
description: "Amends the Alternative Gas Supplier Law in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that \"single billing\" means the combined billing of the services provided by both a natural gas utility and an alternative gas supplier to any customer who has enrolled in a customer choice program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2527"
citation: "Illinois HB 2527 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/487d4f5b-c241-49c3-ae7d-b01af75f7cc0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2527&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44853&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ca2ca287114b0e683ffb9ef572184d9f20637cdfac9092ba4c37b888b87adb23"
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 2527 (96th) — UTILITIES-GAS-SINGLE BILL

Amends the Alternative Gas Supplier Law in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that "single billing" means the combined billing of the services provided by both a natural gas utility and an alternative gas supplier to any customer who has enrolled in a customer choice program.

## 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=09600HB2527&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44853&DocNum=2527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2527eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44853&DocNum=2527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2527enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44853&DocNum=2527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–6** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Energy `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Do Pass Energy; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael Bond
- **2009-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Bond `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Telecommunications and Information Technology
- **2009-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Telecommunications and Information Technology; 010-000-000
- **2009-05-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Bond `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2009-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 049-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2009-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2009-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Telecommunications Committee; 011-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2009
- **2009-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/487d4f5b-c241-49c3-ae7d-b01af75f7cc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).