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type: "Bill"
title: "UTIL-WATER USAGE DATA"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that in the case of a public utility that provides drinking water services, upon the request of a municipal wastewater agency or unit of local government organized under specified Acts, such public utility shall provide timely and accurate water usage data, in a format identifiable to the requester, for purposes of calculating wastewater billings. Provides that the public utility shall be entitled to collect its reasonable costs incurred to provide such data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 5459"
citation: "Illinois HB 5459 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nabeela Syed", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e18026b1-9853-46cf-b349-474117cfbc72"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5459&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153752&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "4fc3f3c96281167e6bdca690a3ea41d7e8c56c31895ee30ed78c70bb2b300cdf"
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 5459 (103rd) — UTIL-WATER USAGE DATA
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that in the case of a public utility that provides drinking water services, upon the request of a municipal wastewater agency or unit of local government organized under specified Acts, such public utility shall provide timely and accurate water usage data, in a format identifiable to the requester, for purposes of calculating wastewater billings. Provides that the public utility shall be entitled to collect its reasonable costs incurred to provide such data.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5459.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5459eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5459enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Energy and Public Utilities — **100** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **572** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Public Utilities — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nabeela Syed — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed `filing`
- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 016-000-000
- **2024-04-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2024 `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2024-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-29** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-09** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 010-000-000
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 057-002-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0716 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e18026b1-9853-46cf-b349-474117cfbc72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).