---
type: "Bill"
title: "HWY CD-CONSTRUCTION PAYMTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Deletes language providing that a road district treasurer must have the written approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors in order to approve payment on several orders of $5,000 or less pertaining to a single project or transaction. Deletes language providing that the county superintendent of highways must approve certain payments by a highway commissioner for road construction or repair. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 1649"
citation: "Illinois SB 1649 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-24"
last_action: "2005-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62938a8b-b9c8-499c-968a-a882277f0d34"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1649&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19758&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "3ee6f6e99fa6c7a515d4314ae5feb629fb27435b9632495ce024fae74f2fcbbc"
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 1649 (94th) — HWY CD-CONSTRUCTION PAYMTS

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Deletes language providing that a road district treasurer must have the written approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors in order to approve payment on several orders of $5,000 or less pertaining to a single project or transaction. Deletes language providing that the county superintendent of highways must approve certain payments by a highway commissioner for road construction or repair. 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=09400SB1649&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19758&DocNum=1649&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1649eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19758&DocNum=1649&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1649enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19758&DocNum=1649&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005
- **2005-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-17** Effective Date June 17, 2005
- **2005-06-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0059 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62938a8b-b9c8-499c-968a-a882277f0d34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).