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Bill LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILLING ACT Creates the Local Government Billing Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of a unit of local government shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and shall provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts that were billed to a customer before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts if the customer was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that there is no time limit for the corporate authorities of a unit of local government to collect previously unbilled service attributed to tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading of the meter. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 104th HB 3725 Illinois HB 3725 (104th)
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Illinois HB 3725 (104th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILLING ACT

Creates the Local Government Billing Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of a unit of local government shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and shall provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts that were billed to a customer before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts if the customer was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that there is no time limit for the corporate authorities of a unit of local government to collect previously unbilled service attributed to tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading of the meter.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Cities & Villages, Amendment 1 — 10–0 (pass) · lower
  • Energy and Public Utilities — 12–0 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
  • Cities & Villages — 11–0 (pass) · lower
  • Cities & Villages — 10–0 (pass) · lower
  • Concurrence — 117–0 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
  • Energy and Public Utilities — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dave Syverson — primary (person)
  • Joe C. Sosnowski — primary (person)
  • Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
  • Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
  • Chris Balkema — cosponsor (person)
  • Jawaharial Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly Du Buclet — cosponsor (person)
  • Lisa Davis — cosponsor (person)
  • Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick Sheehan — cosponsor (person)
  • Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
  • Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
  • Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
  • Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski filing
  • 2025-02-18 First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee
  • 2025-03-11 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 011-000-000
  • 2025-03-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2025-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
  • 2025-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2025-03-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2025-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski amendment-introduction
  • 2025-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  • 2025-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
  • 2025-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2025-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
  • 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
  • 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
  • 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
  • 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams
  • 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
  • 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  • 2025-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet
  • 2025-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2025-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
  • 2025-04-14 First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-04-14 Referred to Assignments
  • 2025-04-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
  • 2025-04-29 Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities referral-committee
  • 2025-05-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson amendment-introduction
  • 2025-05-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  • 2025-05-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
  • 2025-05-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-08 Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; 012-000-000
  • 2025-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025 reading-2
  • 2025-05-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
  • 2025-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2025-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2025
  • 2025-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-05-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
  • 2025-05-23 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2025-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
  • 2025-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski
  • 2025-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
  • 2025-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Cities & Villages Committee
  • 2025-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 010-000-000
  • 2025-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
  • 2025-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
  • 2025-05-31 House Concurs
  • 2025-05-31 Passed Both Houses
  • 2025-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2025-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2026
  • 2025-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0328 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4db3fa7-4909-4ec1-9e23-b73ca578ef37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).

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