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Bill	TELCO DISCONTINUE EMER SERV	Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Requires telecommunications carriers to provide at least 2 weeks notice before discontinuing service on dedicated lines for fire alarms.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 2489	Illinois HB 2489 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2003-02-20	2003-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b50ba840-25e9-4f51-89dd-982f94958551	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2489&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4299&SessionID=3&GA=93	58ed93d2ff7f7138e761edd459a23cc177ae3e41b8ca94d7843a3bfda040f18f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2489 (93rd) — TELCO DISCONTINUE EMER SERV

Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Requires telecommunications carriers to provide at least 2 weeks notice before discontinuing service on dedicated lines for fire alarms.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert Rita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita filing
• 2003-02-20 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2003-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Public Utilities Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-03-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Environment & Energy referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass Environment & Energy; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-05 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0412 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b50ba840-25e9-4f51-89dd-982f94958551. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).