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Bill	UTILITIES - PIPELINE	Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning issuance of a certificate of good standing authorizing a person to operate as a common carrier by pipeline, makes changes concerning the factors the Illinois Commerce Commission shall consider in its determination of public convenience and necessity for a proposed pipeline or facility; provides that an application may request either that the Commission review and approve a specific route for a pipeline, or that the Commission review and approve a project route width that identifies the areas in which the pipeline would be located; provides for a consolidated proceeding for decisions on consolidated applications; requires the Commission to make its determination on any application filed pursuant to this Section and issue its final order within one year after the date that the application is filed unless an extension is granted; provides that the rules of the Commission may include additional options for expediting the issuance of permits and certificates. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2011.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1703	Illinois HB 1703 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2011-02-16	2011-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/dace7c7d-e217-47ce-894d-d299a4936e51	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1703&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58878&SessionID=84&GA=97	82047a15cee5e2b8ff388e0787c0e514f2670af854e3b5929812af6902e8dbc6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1703 (97th) — UTILITIES - PIPELINE

Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning issuance of a certificate of good standing authorizing a person to operate as a common carrier by pipeline, makes changes concerning the factors the Illinois Commerce Commission shall consider in its determination of public convenience and necessity for a proposed pipeline or facility; provides that an application may request either that the Commission review and approve a specific route for a pipeline, or that the Commission review and approve a project route width that identifies the areas in which the pipeline would be located; provides for a consolidated proceeding for decisions on consolidated applications; requires the Commission to make its determination on any application filed pursuant to this Section and issue its final order within one year after the date that the application is filed unless an extension is granted; provides that the rules of the Commission may include additional options for expediting the issuance of permits and certificates. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2011.

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 — 88–23 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Reitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz filing
• 2011-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2011-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2011-02-28 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 Re-assigned to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee
• 2011-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-15 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 024-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 088-023-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2011-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Energy referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Energy; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2011
• 2011-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0405 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dace7c7d-e217-47ce-894d-d299a4936e51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).