---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION TECH"
description: "Amends the Railroad Police Act. Makes a technical change in a provision regarding the police powers of a railroad police force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2243"
citation: "Illinois SB 2243 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-11"
last_action: "2006-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ecac7fb-6502-499b-aab6-157cab20c5b0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2243&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=22775&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "a1863a0cc6fae93de424f3cacdd3401b1b0187e73e2a3ce2c0d9ecb6048f1905"
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 2243 (94th) — TRANSPORTATION TECH

Amends the Railroad Police Act. Makes a technical change in a provision regarding the police powers of a railroad police force.

## 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=09400SB2243&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22775&DocNum=2243&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2243eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22775&DocNum=2243&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2243enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22775&DocNum=2243&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
- **2006-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2006-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2006-02-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2006-02-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Judiciary
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2006-03-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
- **2006-03-01** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Cullerton `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2006-03-01** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2006-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- **2006-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 026-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2006-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2006-04-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0846 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ecac7fb-6502-499b-aab6-157cab20c5b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).