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Bill	UTILITIES - VETERANS	Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no utility during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 may disconnect service to any residential premises of which a service member or veteran is a primary occupant. Defines "veteran".	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1260	Illinois HB 1260 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2011-02-08	2011-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/0acf842c-ffaa-44dc-adff-a878a989bba9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1260&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57237&SessionID=84&GA=97	394e4ef58d8892ad5a6135e3d5e5562fcc3546dd0e8984befc11057c0139861c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1260 (97th) — UTILITIES - VETERANS

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no utility during the period of time from December 1 through and including March 31 may disconnect service to any residential premises of which a service member or veteran is a primary occupant. Defines "veteran".

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Keith Farnham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham filing
• 2011-02-08 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Armed Forces & Military Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2011-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Armed Forces & Military Affairs Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
• 2011-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2011-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2011-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2011-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2011-04-05 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Energy referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Energy; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-05 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0077 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0acf842c-ffaa-44dc-adff-a878a989bba9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).