# Illinois HB2863: UTILITY ACQUISITION NOTICE Illinois HB2863, UTILITY ACQUISITION NOTICE, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2025-06-02 (Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2863-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB2863 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: UTILITY ACQUISITION NOTICE - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-06-02, Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: public utilities, assignments, energy and public utilities - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (167 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a water or sewer utility owned by the State or any political subdivision thereof and being acquired by a large public utility must inform the public of the terms of its acquisition by the large public utility by holding a public meeting prior to the acquisition and mailing a notice to the public residing in the area that the water or sewer utility operates (rather than publishing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area that the water or sewer utility operates). Provides that the notice shall include (i) information about the public meeting being held prior to the acquisition, (ii) information on what public body will be making the decision regarding the sale of the water or sewer utility, and (iii) an estimate of the potential rate increases that may be incurred in the next 5 years due to the acquisition, including the maximum rate increase that the large public utility estimates rate payers would incur each year for the next 5 years. Provides that, for a period of 5 years after the acquisition of the water or sewer utility, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall deny any proposed rate increase that exceeds the maximum estimated rate increase provided in the notice. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Amy Elik (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dagmara Avelar (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Erica Harriss (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Michael Crawford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Nabeela Syed (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-15 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-04-10 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 113 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; | pass | 20 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; | pass | 20 | 0 | | ## Actions (44) - 2025-06-02: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-06-02: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As June 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Do Pass as Amended Energy and Public Utilities; 014-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Erica Harriss (Senate) - 2025-05-12: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-12: Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Erica Harriss (Senate) - 2025-05-09: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Assigned to Energy and Public Utilities (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-14: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar (House) - 2025-04-10: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled (House) - 2025-04-10: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-10: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-08: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; 020-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford (House) - 2025-04-08: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Re-assigned to Public Utilities Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Health Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik (House) - 2025-04-04: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-04: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik (House) - 2025-03-26: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-26: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-18: Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 020-000-000 (House) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to Public Utilities Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-05: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863.pdf) - Senate Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863sam001.pdf) - Senate Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863sam002.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863sam001.pdf) - [Senate Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2863sam002.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2863-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).