republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/90th/hb-709.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTIL TXES-ELEC FUNDS TRANSFER"
description: "UTIL TXES-ELEC FUNDS TRANSFER"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 709"
citation: "Illinois HB 709 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 70
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-06-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cfe7b2d-1923-46c0-ad13-6f41e0c6dd57"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "92869de70ad8e2e3b6747cf99c78ec0a3bc9773700e3592729cbf7ebec27fc05"
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 709 (90th) — UTIL TXES-ELEC FUNDS TRANSFER

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0709LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- LEITCH — cosponsor (person)
- MOORE,ANDREA — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)
- WEAVER,S — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR TURNER,JOHN
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO TURNER,ART
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC UTILS `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HPUB
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-03-17
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SENATE SPONSOR WEAVER,S
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SREV
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-06
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MYERS,J
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS,J
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MYERS,J
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SREV
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MYERS,J
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SREV/009-000-000
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS,J
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MYERS,J
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS,J
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-12
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-WEAVER,S
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-WEAVER,S
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-WEAVER,S
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-15
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-002-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03
- **1997-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,02,03/MOORE,A
- **1997-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO RULES COMMITTEE/RULE 75(A) 01,02,03 `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 02,03/003-002-000
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO 01/HPUB
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02,03
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LEITCH
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** RULES RE-REFERS
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** THE MOTION TO
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** CONCUR IN SA 1
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** FROM PUBLIC
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** UTILITIES TO RULES
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 1,2,3/111-005-001
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-06-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-06-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-06-16
- **1997-06-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0016

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cfe7b2d-1923-46c0-ad13-6f41e0c6dd57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).