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Bill	REGULATION-TECH	Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning consumer education.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 576	Illinois HB 576 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2013-01-24	2013-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2621417c-dab6-489a-a880-a1dab5c47ca2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=576&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=70686&SessionID=85&GA=98	c81af8bb3ab4e8a108ac1f1535879e0310737fde84cc8f5f93a7ddd06dce4a34	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 576 (98th) — REGULATION-TECH

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning consumer education.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 75–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Esther Golar — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan filing
• 2013-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-01-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-25 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee
• 2013-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-15 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Esther Golar
• 2013-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee
• 2013-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-17 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-022-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2013-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2013-04-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2013-04-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Energy referral-committee
• 2013-04-25 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2013-05-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2013-05-02 Do Pass Energy; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2013
• 2013-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2013
• 2013-05-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2013-05-09 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-07 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-06 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0191 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2621417c-dab6-489a-a880-a1dab5c47ca2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).