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type: "Bill"
title: "ILLINOIS DIG ONCE ACT"
description: "Creates the Illinois Dig Once Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop a policy to reduce the scale and number of repeated excavations related to roads, highways, tollways, and expressways for the installation and maintenance of broadband infrastructure and public utilities in rights of way. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop rules to implement the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1438"
citation: "Illinois SB 1438 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Hoffman", "Rachel Ventura"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce36b06-b6d4-451f-aa1d-4bdc19c2fa04"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1438&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146125&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "0a9ac2adc4b0325582b35a493ecbe5ab1adaa4de667e677d0655d692b667f3a6"
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 SB 1438 (103rd) — ILLINOIS DIG ONCE ACT
Creates the Illinois Dig Once Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop a policy to reduce the scale and number of repeated excavations related to roads, highways, tollways, and expressways for the installation and maintenance of broadband infrastructure and public utilities in rights of way. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall jointly develop rules to implement the Act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1438.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1438eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1438sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1438sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1438enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Energy and Public Utilities, Amendment 1 — **150** (pass) · lower
- Public Utilities — **170** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · lower
- Energy and Public Utilities — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
- Rachel Ventura — primary (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura `filing`
- **2023-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-14** Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
- **2023-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2023-02-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2023-02-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-02-23** Do Pass Energy and Public Utilities; 017-000-000
- **2023-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2023
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Energy and Public Utilities; 015-000-000
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2023-03-31** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ventura `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Ventura `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Public Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 017-000-000
- **2023-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0378 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cce36b06-b6d4-451f-aa1d-4bdc19c2fa04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).