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Bill	ILLINOIS DIG ONCE ACT	Creates the Illinois Dig Once Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop a policy to reduce the scale and number of repeated excavations related to roads, highways, tollways, and expressways for the installation and maintenance of broadband infrastructure and public utilities in rights of way. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop rules to implement the Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 1438	Illinois SB 1438 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Jay Hoffman Rachel Ventura	5	43	5	2023-02-07	2023-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/cce36b06-b6d4-451f-aa1d-4bdc19c2fa04	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1438&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146125&SessionID=112	0a9ac2adc4b0325582b35a493ecbe5ab1adaa4de667e677d0655d692b667f3a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1438 (103rd) — ILLINOIS DIG ONCE ACT

Creates the Illinois Dig Once Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop a policy to reduce the scale and number of repeated excavations related to roads, highways, tollways, and expressways for the installation and maintenance of broadband infrastructure and public utilities in rights of way. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop rules to implement the Act.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Energy and Public Utilities, Amendment 1 — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Public Utilities — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · lower
• Energy and Public Utilities — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
• Rachel Ventura — primary (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
• Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura filing
• 2023-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-07 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-02-14 Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
• 2023-02-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
• 2023-02-17 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2023-02-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2023-02-23 Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 017-000-000
• 2023-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2023 reading-2
• 2023-02-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
• 2023-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2023
• 2023-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
• 2023-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
• 2023-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2023-03-31 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ventura amendment-passage
• 2023-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Ventura amendment-passage
• 2023-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2023-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2023-03-31 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2023-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-04-18 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 017-000-000
• 2023-04-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2023-04-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-10 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-12 Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 19, 2023
• 2023-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2023-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2023-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2023-07-28 Effective Date January 1, 2024
• 2023-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0378 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cce36b06-b6d4-451f-aa1d-4bdc19c2fa04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).