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type: "Bill"
title: "REGULATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Telecommunications Article."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 878"
citation: "Illinois SB 878 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2008-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0c223ac-18b6-4e98-ad12-b00c75e32df9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=878&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29006&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "ebdccc8b65a3bb58be78abb7e05ce8a796e3ca79daf9e85f280d69b6897b5f7a"
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 SB 878 (95th) — REGULATION-TECH
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Telecommunications Article.
## 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=09500SB0878&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29006&DocNum=878&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0878eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29006&DocNum=878&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0878enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29006&DocNum=878&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- A. J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `filing`
- **2007-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-05-31** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As December 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-12-03** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2008-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2008
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment and Energy
- **2008-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Environment and Energy; 009-000-000
- **2008-04-03** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2008-04-16** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Wilhelmi `amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2008-04-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2008-05-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-21** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed to Table Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2008-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed
- **2008-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2008-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-26** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0913 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0c223ac-18b6-4e98-ad12-b00c75e32df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).