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Bill	MUNICIPALITIES-NATURAL GAS	Amends the Municipal Code. Changes the definition of "municipality" in the Illinois Joint Municipal Natural Gas Act, which allows 2 or more municipalities to form a municipal natural gas agency and sets forth the powers and requirements for those agencies, to include cities, villages, or incorporated towns located in any other state in the United States (instead of the State of Illinois only). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 4349	Illinois HB 4349 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2006-01-03	2006-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/41de104a-9355-439f-b1e0-e8afeecff4b9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4349&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=22505&SessionID=50&GA=94	b46ae12076064e0f5bac31633ff8c956324a76193664eee38e48672320f418f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4349 (94th) — MUNICIPALITIES-NATURAL GAS

Amends the Municipal Code. Changes the definition of "municipality" in the Illinois Joint Municipal Natural Gas Act, which allows 2 or more municipalities to form a municipal natural gas agency and sets forth the powers and requirements for those agencies, to include cities, villages, or incorporated towns located in any other state in the United States (instead of the State of Illinois only). 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

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Watson — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson filing
• 2006-01-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-01-10 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2006-01-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-01-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-01-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-01-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-01-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2006-01-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2006-01-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2006-01-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2006-01-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2006-01-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 1, 2006 reading-1
• 2006-01-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2006-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-01 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-03-01 Assigned to Environment & Energy referral-committee
• 2006-03-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
• 2006-03-08 Do Pass Environment & Energy; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2006
• 2006-03-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2006
• 2006-03-15 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-03-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-03-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-03-28 Effective Date April 19, 2006
• 2006-04-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0731 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41de104a-9355-439f-b1e0-e8afeecff4b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).