---
type: "Bill"
title: "HWY CD-VACATED HIGHWAYS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the highway commissioner of a road district has authority to build alleys and bike paths in unincorporated communities, using any funds belonging to the road district in which that community is located. Provides that a highway commissioner has the same authority regarding all curbs and sidewalks in those communities (rather than only those curbs and sidewalks constructed as an integral part of a highway improvement project). Provides that a highway authority may convey a vacated highway or portion of a highway under its jurisdiction to a township road district which has petitioned for vacation of the highway and intends to use it as an alley or a designated bike path. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Illinois SB 245 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01a7ecb4-d818-4d88-99bb-20576340da09"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=245&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1847&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "659cec1c5732a78610421f09322b6828a6a708043c12d7426f72237a9a3f0f43"
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 245 (93rd) — HWY CD-VACATED HIGHWAYS

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the highway commissioner of a road district has authority to build alleys and bike paths in unincorporated communities, using any funds belonging to the road district in which that community is located. Provides that a highway commissioner has the same authority regarding all curbs and sidewalks in those communities (rather than only those curbs and sidewalks constructed as an integral part of a highway improvement project). Provides that a highway authority may convey a vacated highway or portion of a highway under its jurisdiction to a township road district which has petitioned for vacation of the highway and intends to use it as an alley or a designated bike path. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0245&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1847&DocNum=245&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0245eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1847&DocNum=245&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0245enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1847&DocNum=245&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Susan Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2003-02-05** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2003-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Do Pass Transportation; 007-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
- **2003-03-19** Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-19** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-19** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2003-03-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-028-004 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-23** Effective Date July 23, 2003
- **2003-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0321 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01a7ecb4-d818-4d88-99bb-20576340da09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).