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Bill	UNDERGROUND UTIL-NOTICE-COLOR	Amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Defines "forty-eight hours" as 2 business days beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays recognized by the State-Wide One-Call Notice System or a municipal One-Call Notice System). Makes corresponding changes. Defines "open cut utility locate". Provides that an open cut utility locate shall be deemed an emergency for purposes of emergency excavation or demolition requirements. Designates certain colors of flags, stakes, and paint used to mark an underground utility facility or CATS facility for use only by a facility owner or agent or for use only by an excavator. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 3755	Illinois HB 3755 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	39	3	2005-02-25	2005-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/658596af-0a6c-4f76-9c6b-5d55c6f583ab	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3755&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20406&SessionID=50&GA=94	af6bb5bc858f5d3aadb7c4c738dc3bfb79fbcf86e559d6f6c0596af640489b48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3755 (94th) — UNDERGROUND UTIL-NOTICE-COLOR

Amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Defines "forty-eight hours" as 2 business days beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays recognized by the State-Wide One-Call Notice System or a municipal One-Call Notice System). Makes corresponding changes. Defines "open cut utility locate". Provides that an open cut utility locate shall be deemed an emergency for purposes of emergency excavation or demolition requirements. Designates certain colors of flags, stakes, and paint used to mark an underground utility facility or CATS facility for use only by a facility owner or agent or for use only by an excavator. Effective immediately.

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

• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jack McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack McGuire filing
• 2005-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-01 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-05 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2005-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
• 2005-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Postponed - Local Government
• 2005-05-04 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
• 2005-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
• 2005-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Wilhelmi amendment-passage
• 2005-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2005
• 2005-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2005-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2005-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; 008-000-000
• 2005-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-000
• 2005-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2005
• 2005-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0623 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/658596af-0a6c-4f76-9c6b-5d55c6f583ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).