---
type: "Bill"
title: "TELCO DISCONTINUE EMER SERV"
description: "Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Requires telecommunications carriers to provide at least 2 weeks notice before discontinuing service on dedicated lines for fire alarms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 2489"
citation: "Illinois HB 2489 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b50ba840-25e9-4f51-89dd-982f94958551"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2489&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4299&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "58ed93d2ff7f7138e761edd459a23cc177ae3e41b8ca94d7843a3bfda040f18f"
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 2489 (93rd) — TELCO DISCONTINUE EMER SERV

Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Requires telecommunications carriers to provide at least 2 weeks notice before discontinuing service on dedicated lines for fire alarms.

## 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=09300HB2489&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4299&DocNum=2489&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2489eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4299&DocNum=2489&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2489enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4299&DocNum=2489&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2003-02-20** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2003-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Public Utilities Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch
- **2003-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Environment & Energy `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Environment & Energy; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0412 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b50ba840-25e9-4f51-89dd-982f94958551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).