republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-3400.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "UTILITY-BILLING FOR SERVICES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Amends the Public Water District Act, the Water Service District Act, the Water Authorities Act, and the Water Commission Act making similar changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3400"
citation: "Illinois HB 3400 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd8e337a-5bc6-4f13-8fcf-6b9ee2d16a02"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3400&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105171&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "44f74db9bfb6a27ca043f0491092de6fe92ac74c72e0890ab251db8d36b6a5c2"
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 3400 (100th) — UTILITY-BILLING FOR SERVICES

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Amends the Public Water District Act, the Water Service District Act, the Water Authorities Act, and the Water Commission Act making similar changes. 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=10000HB3400&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105171&DocNum=3400&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3400eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105171&DocNum=3400&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3400enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105171&DocNum=3400&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joe Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski `filing`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
- **2017-03-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 25, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2017-05-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-12** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
- **2017-05-17** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 18, 2017
- **2017-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2017
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0178 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd8e337a-5bc6-4f13-8fcf-6b9ee2d16a02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).