---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CD-LNG TERM ENRGY CONTRCT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that any municipality may enter into a long-term energy contract, even if the length of the contract would exceed the term of office of the corporate authorities that approved the contract. Effective July 1, 2003."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1205"
citation: "Illinois SB 1205 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/905b1671-bfd5-45c2-a0ff-d8badb667a3f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1205&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4135&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "4c812555785d0f92418beeb735ec191457b378be013ce22a484d1fccb94d8430"
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 1205 (93rd) — MUNI CD-LNG TERM ENRGY CONTRCT

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that any municipality may enter into a long-term energy contract, even if the length of the contract would exceed the term of office of the corporate authorities that approved the contract. Effective July 1, 2003.

## 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=09300SB1205&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4135&DocNum=1205&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1205eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4135&DocNum=1205&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1205enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4135&DocNum=1205&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
- **2003-03-13** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2003-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0058 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/905b1671-bfd5-45c2-a0ff-d8badb667a3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).