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Bill	EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYS-REPORT	Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Repeals provisions requiring each telephone company to file a report (in every even numbered year) with the Illinois Commerce Commission and the General Assembly regarding the telephone company's implementation of a planned emergency telephone system and its projected further implementation of the plan. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 791	Illinois HB 791 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-02-06	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/ddef2c2a-266f-443a-ad93-d7b474336195	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=791&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42239&SessionID=76&GA=96	b243d360c524ceafbf2e9df21e80e533ba33a588ba134cd8200855e0b45fab0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 791 (96th) — EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYS-REPORT

Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Repeals provisions requiring each telephone company to file a report (in every even numbered year) with the Illinois Commerce Commission and the General Assembly regarding the telephone company's implementation of a planned emergency telephone system and its projected further implementation of the plan. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert Rita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita filing
• 2009-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-11 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
• 2009-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Telecommunications and Information Technology referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 Do Pass Telecommunications and Information Technology; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2009
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0508 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ddef2c2a-266f-443a-ad93-d7b474336195. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).