---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDOT-STUDIES-LOCAL GOVERNMENTS"
description: "Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that upon request by a unit of local government, the Department shall make available any study or survey completed by the Department that concerns traffic or the environmental impact on road construction projects. Allows a study or survey conducted by the Department to be substituted for a study or survey required by a unit of local government for construction projects affecting a portion of a State right-of-way."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 5138"
citation: "Illinois HB 5138 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Meier", "Jason Plummer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d913ae54-b412-4fc8-992c-370a0d41f417"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5138&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=153190&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "0921cce41a8c73fb550a0e5de8f0d395fe20c045ee4e0af7017fc50d9f952a51"
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 5138 (103rd) — IDOT-STUDIES-LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that upon request by a unit of local government, the Department shall make available any study or survey completed by the Department that concerns traffic or the environmental impact on road construction projects. Allows a study or survey conducted by the Department to be substituted for a study or survey required by a unit of local government for construction projects affecting a portion of a State right-of-way.

## 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/HB/PDF/10300HB5138.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5138eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5138ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB5138enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Trans: Regulations, Roads & Bridges, Amendment 1 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Trans: Regulations, Roads & Bridges — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Meier — primary (person)
- Jason Plummer — primary (person)
- Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- David Friess — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne A Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier `filing`
- **2024-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-12** Assigned to Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges; 018-000-000
- **2024-04-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
- **2024-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-17** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Friess
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2024-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
- **2024-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2024 `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
- **2024-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-30** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-08** Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0694 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d913ae54-b412-4fc8-992c-370a0d41f417`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).