---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRAIN SPEED-FOX RIVER GROVE"
description: "TRAIN SPEED-FOX RIVER GROVE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 50"
citation: "Illinois HB 50 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9a151b7-8cf0-41e0-b2f0-d2c590670cbe"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "a2a06cc3018da2584030c5c80c757259e3a9a05374d3c505a5c786e1b853da1b"
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 50 (90th) — TRAIN SPEED-FOX RIVER GROVE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0050** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0050LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- KLEMM — cosponsor (person)
- PETERSON — cosponsor (person)
- SKINNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTAT'N H
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 016-001-004 HTRN
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 086-020-009 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BEAUBIEN
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR KLEMM
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PETERSON
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTN S
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 STRN
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-08
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-14
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/SKINNER
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO RULES COMMITTEE/RULE 75(A) 01 `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1997-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/101-012-001
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-17T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0187

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9a151b7-8cf0-41e0-b2f0-d2c590670cbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).