UTIL-SAFETY-TERROR PREVENTION
Summary
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Authorizes the Department of State Police to furnish to a peace officer certain information pertaining to the identification of any person for the purpose of determining whether that person may be granted or denied access to municipal utility facilities. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code to create a new Division concerning terrorism prevention. Authorizes the appropriate agency of a municipality to promulgate rules for the exclusion of any person from all or a portion of any water treatment facility, water pumping station, electrical transfer station, electrical generation facility, natural gas facility, or any other utility facility owned or operated by the municipality, based on criminal conviction information about that person obtained under the Criminal Identification Act. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to require all electric public utilities to establish a security policy that includes on-site safeguards to restrict physical or electronic access to critical infrastructure and computerized control and data systems by personnel employed by or under contract with the electric public utility company or by personnel of any entity regulated by the Commission that supplies power to wholesale or residential markets. Requires the Commission to maintain a record of and requires each regulated entity that supplies power to wholesale or residential markets to provide to the Commission an annual affidavit signed by a representative of the regulated entity that states that the entity follows, at a minimum, the most current security guidelines set forth by the North American Energy Reliability Council.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2005
Committee Review
Apr 2005
House Passage
May 2005
Senate Passage
May 2005
Signed into Law
Aug 2005
Introduced Apr 7, 2005
Signed Aug 5, 2005
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2005 · House Apr 6, 2005
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 55
May 16, 2005
D
Democratic29
82% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Aug 5, 2005
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 16, 2005
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 16, 2005
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-0-7)
senate
Apr 20, 2005
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Environment & Energy; 009-000-000
upper
Apr 13, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Environment & Energy
upper
Apr 11, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Apr 7, 2005
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 6, 2005
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (111-0-4)
house
Apr 5, 2005
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
lower
Apr 5, 2005
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
lower
Mar 15, 2005
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 15, 2005
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
lower
Mar 10, 2005
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000
lower
Feb 23, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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