---
type: "Bill"
title: "BI-STATE TRANSIT SAFETY ACT"
description: "BI-STATE TRANSIT SAFETY ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 2215"
citation: "Illinois SB 2215 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-08-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a1a9457-812f-4df1-ad4e-4abdbc04a782"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "9bf901684e2ee000f56b92c57793bc745a9f8db940b225b816cfb1765d57ca9c"
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 2215 (92nd) — BI-STATE TRANSIT SAFETY ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB2215LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- STEPHENS — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 012-000-000 SEXC
- **2002-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-03-05
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-03-20
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR TENHOUSE
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO STEPHENS
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 04/25/02
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N
- **2002-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE/3RD RDG DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 05/10/02
- **2002-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N
- **2002-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE/3RD RDG DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 05/17/02
- **2002-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE/3RD RDG DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 5/31/02
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEE TRANSPORTATION
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** FROM FURTHER
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** CONSIDERATION AND
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE PLACED ON THE
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ON THE
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** APPROPRIATE ORDER
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** OF BUSINESS
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** -STEPHENS
- **2002-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N
- **2002-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 016-000-000 HTRN
- **2002-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDG/PASSAGE DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 5/31/02
- **2002-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-29T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-27T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-08-06
- **2002-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0788

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a1a9457-812f-4df1-ad4e-4abdbc04a782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).