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Bill	COMMERCE COMM-FOREIGN ATTORNEY	Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that attorneys licensed another state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States, or a foreign country may appear before the Commerce Commission as provided in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 707.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4235	Illinois HB 4235 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2014-01-17	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/23380db1-d93c-43ca-93aa-a696e7b0f5b2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4235&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78252&SessionID=85&GA=98	8878795a095c473d149458864e40abb657b921980c9a5e3b3f3b6a964ca2b0ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4235 (98th) — COMMERCE COMM-FOREIGN ATTORNEY

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that attorneys licensed another state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States, or a foreign country may appear before the Commerce Commission as provided in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 707.

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 — 55–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 97–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kelly Burke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly Burke filing
• 2014-01-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-01-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-02-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly Burke amendment-introduction
• 2014-02-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-02-20 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly Burke amendment-introduction
• 2014-02-20 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-24 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2014-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-008-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2014-03-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
• 2014-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0895 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23380db1-d93c-43ca-93aa-a696e7b0f5b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).