---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES-TECH"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning fire protection charges imposed by water utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1733"
citation: "Illinois SB 1733 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 59
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1f7e865-0ad4-412f-96e0-ab2f2923745d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1733&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4912&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "add1f54fe26e9d9205613d85c14e2cf46af4cd281322b2e917fc2eaf7a3ca029"
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 1733 (93rd) — UTILITIES-TECH

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning fire protection charges imposed by water utilities.

## 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=09300SB1733&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4912&DocNum=1733&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1733eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4912&DocNum=1733&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1733enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4912&DocNum=1733&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading, Amendment 4 — **57–57** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading, Amendment 4 — **62–53** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **62–52** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading, Amendment 4 — **75–42** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 4 — **31–27** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carol Ronen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `filing`
- **2003-02-20** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Executive; 008-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 19, 2003
- **2003-03-27** Verified
- **2003-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 032-016-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-02** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Withdrawn by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Withdrawn by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Lost 057-057-001
- **2003-05-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Reconsider Vote - Prevails 075-042-000
- **2003-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted 062-053-001 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-30** Third Reading - Consideration Postponed `reading-3`
- **2003-05-30** Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
- **2003-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-052-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-31** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 04
- **2003-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 04 - May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-31** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Carol Ronen
- **2003-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Carol Ronen `filing`
- **2003-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Executive; 008-004-000
- **2003-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Senate Concurs 031-027-000
- **2003-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-20** Effective Date October 1, 2003
- **2003-06-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0031 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1f7e865-0ad4-412f-96e0-ab2f2923745d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).