---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUB UTIL-CONSUMER EDUCATION"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning the Commission consumer education program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1396"
citation: "Illinois SB 1396 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20d9cb46-cd06-4112-a931-bec0ecfd0614"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1396&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57275&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "9bcaaa694ca23b38e1a378f5a9ea665d2a48fc330ce62ef2bbacb9368b25a15e"
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 1396 (97th) — PUB UTIL-CONSUMER EDUCATION

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning the Commission consumer education 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=09700SB1396&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57275&DocNum=1396&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1396eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57275&DocNum=1396&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1396enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57275&DocNum=1396&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2011-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Energy `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy
- **2011-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Energy
- **2011-03-10** Postponed - Energy
- **2011-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Do Pass as Amended Energy; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 29, 2011
- **2011-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 30, 2011
- **2011-04-13** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-13** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
- **2011-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2011-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2011
- **2011-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0222 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20d9cb46-cd06-4112-a931-bec0ecfd0614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).