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type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES-RECIPROCITY"
description: "Amends the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the findings set forth in the provisions used by the Illinois Commerce Commission in determining whether to issue a certification for alternative retail electric supplier does not apply to applicants whose principal business and source of revenue are not the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electricity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 894"
citation: "Illinois HB 894 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c8a3b35-56f5-429e-84af-c0e66f56a937"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=894&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=28318&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "fcad9ee8dd4fef0a2ff64a29bfb74fe5b281738aab921e115398709083e77e15"
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 894 (95th) — UTILITIES-RECIPROCITY
Amends the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the findings set forth in the provisions used by the Illinois Commerce Commission in determining whether to issue a certification for alternative retail electric supplier does not apply to applicants whose principal business and source of revenue are not the generation, transmission, distribution, or sale of electricity.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0894&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=28318&DocNum=894&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0894eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=28318&DocNum=894&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0894enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=28318&DocNum=894&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Daniel V. Beiser — primary (person)
- Frank C. Watson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-15** Assigned to Electric Utility Oversight Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2007-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2007-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2007-02-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
- **2007-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Electric Utility Oversight Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Electric Utility Oversight Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Electric Utility Oversight Committee; 008-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2007-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Assigned to Environment and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Environment and Energy; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2007-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0130 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c8a3b35-56f5-429e-84af-c0e66f56a937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).