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Bill	TELECOMM FACILITY-LAKE COUNTY	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that for every new wireless telecommunications facility in Lake County requiring a new tower structure, a telecommunications carrier shall provide the county with documentation consisting of the proposed location, a site plan, and an elevation that sufficiently describes a proposed wireless facility location. Sets forth procedures concerning the review of the proposal, meetings to propose alternative site locations, and the selection of any alternative locations. Sets forth exceptions to the approval process. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 163	Illinois HB 163 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2013-01-15	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/bd4b2e48-bd8a-4de6-a7c3-ddca879b6809	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=163&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=69171&SessionID=85&GA=98	999bb5dc7abebe60dc1c6026aa9e390cfb93fd7fe7f6784e699ab3ac57b89487	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 163 (98th) — TELECOMM FACILITY-LAKE COUNTY

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that for every new wireless telecommunications facility in Lake County requiring a new tower structure, a telecommunications carrier shall provide the county with documentation consisting of the proposed location, a site plan, and an elevation that sufficiently describes a proposed wireless facility location. Sets forth procedures concerning the review of the proposal, meetings to propose alternative site locations, and the selection of any alternative locations. Sets forth exceptions to the approval process. 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 — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• JoAnn D. Osmond — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond filing
• 2013-01-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-01-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-01-30 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond amendment-introduction
• 2013-02-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-21 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2013-02-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-02-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond amendment-introduction
• 2013-02-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-18 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-18 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-04-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 16, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2013-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2013-04-23 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass Local Government; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
• 2013-05-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2013-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2013
• 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2013
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0197 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd4b2e48-bd8a-4de6-a7c3-ddca879b6809. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).