---
type: "Bill"
title: "PLUMBING CONTRACTORS-INSURANCE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Makes changes concerning the amount of general liability, property damage, and workers compensation insurance coverage that a plumbing contractor must carry. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 872"
citation: "Illinois HB 872 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a4dccd-44e8-46da-a4f0-b488ba726cf0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=872&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15480&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "139dd9845dc54d5216749d9f5b3535dcb0afb445a8f3ec9fafdbd4df0886f050"
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 872 (94th) — PLUMBING CONTRACTORS-INSURANCE

Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Makes changes concerning the amount of general liability, property damage, and workers compensation insurance coverage that a plumbing contractor must carry. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400HB0872&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15480&DocNum=872&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0872eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15480&DocNum=872&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0872enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15480&DocNum=872&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Re-assigned to Registration and Regulation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Registration and Regulation Committee; 025-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2005
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-19** Effective Date July 19, 2005
- **2005-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0258 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83a4dccd-44e8-46da-a4f0-b488ba726cf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).