---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOWNSTATE PUBLIC TRANS ACT"
description: "DOWNSTATE PUBLIC TRANS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 185"
citation: "Illinois HB 185 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-07T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca73ecdf-1552-4a02-a4d7-fe89b25fe1d6"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "cfc8c4656b974b83c66b8f07fb857eb9084fe17bf5bbe1b12c5cfd7af37bb8de"
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 185 (92nd) — DOWNSTATE PUBLIC TRANS ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0185LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- FOWLER — cosponsor (person)
- LUECHTEFELD — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-01-11T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-31T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO FOWLER
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE H
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HEXC
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FOWLER
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FOWLER
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/005-000-000
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HOFFMAN
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HOFFMAN
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/004-000-000
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FOWLER
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-HOFFMAN
- **2001-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 101-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-03
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR LUECHTEFELD
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 STRN
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-10
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-14
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-001-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-07
- **2001-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0258

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca73ecdf-1552-4a02-a4d7-fe89b25fe1d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).