---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES-FUND CONTRIBUTION"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act to reenact a Section concerning the Public Utility Fund base maintenance contribution. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 860"
citation: "Illinois HB 860 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fb34afb-0baa-491f-9c53-be8eee4028d8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=860&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42378&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "3ba6fe64ab6d80caf1d9e2393539f465ba6b6e348b750886036716eb28c5b10d"
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 860 (96th) — UTILITIES-FUND CONTRIBUTION

Amends the Public Utilities Act to reenact a Section concerning the Public Utility Fund base maintenance contribution. 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=09600HB0860&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42378&DocNum=860&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0860eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42378&DocNum=860&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0860enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42378&DocNum=860&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gary Hannig `filing`
- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-27** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2009-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-19** 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`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-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`
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2009-04-23** Do Pass Energy; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2009
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0250 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fb34afb-0baa-491f-9c53-be8eee4028d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).