---
type: "Bill"
title: "RAIL CARRIER-GRADE CROSSING"
description: "RAIL CARRIER-GRADE CROSSING"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 1875"
citation: "Illinois SB 1875 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-02-20T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-07-31T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1175f714-79b9-430e-a708-e76e3230f515"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "af6f9bbf4d16ad3f962039f25214e56cb23cbaa9d08624b8f658081da6324b0d"
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 SB 1875 (90th) — RAIL CARRIER-GRADE CROSSING

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1875** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB1875LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- FAWELL — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- PHILIP — cosponsor (person)
- REITZ — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** SPONSOR REMOVED PHILIP
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO FAWELL
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PHILIP
- **1998-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTN S
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 STRN
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-03-12
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-03-24
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR REITZ
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MYERS
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTAT'N H
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** WITHDRAWN
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 021-000-000 HTRN
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DANIELS
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 094-007-013 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-01-01
- **1998-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0691

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1175f714-79b9-430e-a708-e76e3230f515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).