republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-3038.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITIES - DELIVERY SERVICES"
description: "Amends the Public Utilities Act. In a provision concerning service obligations of electric utilities, provides that any residential or small commercial retail customer which elects delivery services is entitled to return to the electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering provided upon payment of a reasonable administrative fee which shall be set forth in the tariff, provided, however, that the electric utility shall be entitled to impose the condition that such customer may not elect delivery services for up to 12 months thereafter if the residential or small commercial customer has not elected delivery services within 2 billing cycles after returning to the electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 3038"
citation: "Illinois HB 3038 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-23"
last_action: "2011-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99f2c82b-bb88-4047-86ce-b5fa3993e102"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3038&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60387&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "655260bdbf85889192806a028581c48a996721ab398504571b45133c46c26509"
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 3038 (97th) — UTILITIES - DELIVERY SERVICES

Amends the Public Utilities Act. In a provision concerning service obligations of electric utilities, provides that any residential or small commercial retail customer which elects delivery services is entitled to return to the electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering provided upon payment of a reasonable administrative fee which shall be set forth in the tariff, provided, however, that the electric utility shall be entitled to impose the condition that such customer may not elect delivery services for up to 12 months thereafter if the residential or small commercial customer has not elected delivery services within 2 billing cycles after returning to the electric utility's bundled utility tariffed service offering. Effective immediately.

## 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=09700HB3038&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60387&DocNum=3038&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3038eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60387&DocNum=3038&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3038enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60387&DocNum=3038&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `filing`
- **2011-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 024-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee
- **2011-03-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 111-000-000 `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. Don Harmon
- **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
- **2011-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-22** Effective Date August 22, 2011
- **2011-08-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0497 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99f2c82b-bb88-4047-86ce-b5fa3993e102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).