Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require (1) that a utility must require adequate proof of identification before it switches service to another person and (2) that the account of a customer may not be in the name of a person who is under 18 years of age. Effective July 1, 2010.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-11-18 - Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As January 11, 2011 [HB5879 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Patrick Verschoore [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Flider [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-101	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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