---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHONE LOCAL COMPETITION"
description: "PHONE LOCAL COMPETITION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "Illinois HB 1147 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 76
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7fedc82-8545-46e7-b3c7-c524a4973970"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "8fa88bb7a5a96e7a090b8398746ca6ba33742b9d7ee593cd46ba01e596b3e0e4"
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 1147 (90th) — PHONE LOCAL COMPETITION

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB1147LV.html)

## Sponsors

- HOWARD — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,LOU — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,SHIRLEY — cosponsor (person)
- KUBIK — cosponsor (person)
- O'MALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KUBIK
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC UTILS `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO KUBIK
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR TURNER,ART
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PUB UTILITIES H
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HPUB
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO JONES,SHIRLEY
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO KUBIK
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,LOU
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOWARD
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-005-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-30
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR O'MALLEY
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR JONES
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-ENVIR. & ENE. S
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SENV
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-09
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-12
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SENV
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SENV/008-000-000
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-16
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-16
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-001-002 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,02,03
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** JONES,SHIRLEY
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO RULES COMMITTEE/RULE 75(A) 01,02,03 `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01,02,03/HRUL
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** 3/5 VOTE REQUIRED
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR LOST 1,2,3/070-045-003
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,02,03/KUBIK
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO RULES COMMITTEE/RULE 75(A) 01,02,03 `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH THE
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** IN SA 1,2 & 3
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** LOST-COWLISHAW
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE - PREVAILS 093-024-001
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** 3/5 VOTE REQUIRED
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 1,2,3/090-026-002
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-20T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0154

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7fedc82-8545-46e7-b3c7-c524a4973970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).