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type: "Bill"
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title: "COMMERCE COMM-FOREIGN ATTORNEY"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "98th"
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identifier: "HB 4235"
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citation: "Illinois HB 4235 (98th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2014-01-17"
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last_action: "2014-08-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23380db1-d93c-43ca-93aa-a696e7b0f5b2"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4235&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78252&SessionID=85&GA=98"
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source_hash: "8878795a095c473d149458864e40abb657b921980c9a5e3b3f3b6a964ca2b0ec"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 4235 (98th) — COMMERCE COMM-FOREIGN ATTORNEY
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4235&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78252&DocNum=4235&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4235eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78252&DocNum=4235&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4235enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78252&DocNum=4235&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **55–2** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **97–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kelly Burke — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-01-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly Burke `filing`
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- **2014-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2014-01-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2014-02-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly Burke `amendment-introduction`
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- **2014-02-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2014-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
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- **2014-02-20** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly Burke `amendment-introduction`
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- **2014-02-20** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2014-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
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- **2014-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2014-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2014-03-05** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2014-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2014-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-008-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2014-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2014-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
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- **2014-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2014-03-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
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- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2014-04-29** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2014-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
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- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
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- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
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- **2014-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
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- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0895 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23380db1-d93c-43ca-93aa-a696e7b0f5b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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