---
type: "Bill"
title: "OFF-HIGHWAY TRAILS FUND"
description: "Amends the Recreation Trails of Illinois Act. Provides for certain disbursements from the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary adopted after the effective date of the Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 627"
citation: "Illinois SB 627 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 67
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-10-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e793327b-ec1f-4246-a38f-32ee5513c576"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=627&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28472&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "6288986c54fae4ecfa361308a8e7cd3f6902d4c2107d1bf2612c2505f903300e"
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 627 (95th) — OFF-HIGHWAY TRAILS FUND

Amends the Recreation Trails of Illinois Act. Provides for certain disbursements from the Off-Highway Vehicle Trails Fund notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary adopted after the effective date of the Act. 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=09500SB0627&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28472&DocNum=627&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0627eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28472&DocNum=627&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0627enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28472&DocNum=627&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **112–0** (fail) · lower
- Motion — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Harry R. Ramey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
- Shane Cultra — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Holbrook — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2007-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2007-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2007-05-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-05-17** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Judicial Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Pension Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2007-05-18** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Judicial Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** State Debt Impact Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2007-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2007-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2007-05-18** Pension Note Filed
- **2007-05-21** Home Rule Note Filed
- **2007-05-21** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-23** Balanced Budget Note Filed
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-25** Fiscal Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-25** Correctional Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-25** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-25** Correctional Note Filed
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-24** Governor Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2007-10-02** Placed Calendar Total Veto October 2, 2007
- **2007-10-02** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2007-10-02** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-02** Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 052-000-001
- **2007-10-04** Placed on Calendar Total Veto October 10, 2007
- **2007-10-05** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2007-10-11** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-11** Override Governor Veto - House Passed 112-000-000
- **2007-10-11** Both Houses Override Total Veto `veto-override-passage`
- **2007-10-17** Effective Date October 11, 2007
- **2007-10-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0670 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e793327b-ec1f-4246-a38f-32ee5513c576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).