---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES - VETERANS"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no utility during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 may disconnect service to any residential premises of which a service member or veteran is a primary occupant. Defines \"veteran\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1260"
citation: "Illinois HB 1260 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0acf842c-ffaa-44dc-adff-a878a989bba9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1260&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57237&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "394e4ef58d8892ad5a6135e3d5e5562fcc3546dd0e8984befc11057c0139861c"
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 1260 (97th) — UTILITIES - VETERANS

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no utility during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 may disconnect service to any residential premises of which a service member or veteran is a primary occupant. Defines "veteran".

## 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=09700HB1260&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57237&DocNum=1260&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1260eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57237&DocNum=1260&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1260enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57237&DocNum=1260&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keith Farnham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `filing`
- **2011-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-14** Assigned to Armed Forces & Military Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2011-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Armed Forces & Military Affairs Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2011-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2011-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2011-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2011-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2011-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2011-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
- **2011-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2011-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2011-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2011-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2011-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Energy `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Energy; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-05** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-07-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0077 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0acf842c-ffaa-44dc-adff-a878a989bba9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).