---
type: "Bill"
title: "QUICKTAKE-JOHNSBURG"
description: "Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Grants quick-take eminent domain powers for a period of one year to the Village of Johnsburg for the construction of a METRA rail station and rail storage yard. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1296"
citation: "Illinois SB 1296 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6d56e5d-92ad-4ab9-9ae6-70657014bae0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1296&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42391&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "c1ca56f8df694599e0e8a5d4de7dd0d333f4742bdad5a7bb6b26380e2ecf28a7"
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 1296 (96th) — QUICKTAKE-JOHNSBURG

Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Grants quick-take eminent domain powers for a period of one year to the Village of Johnsburg for the construction of a METRA rail station and rail storage yard. 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=09600SB1296&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42391&DocNum=1296&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1296eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42391&DocNum=1296&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1296enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42391&DocNum=1296&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **76–39** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **50–7** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **42–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-27** Postponed - Executive
- **2009-03-06** Postponed - Executive
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Executive; 010-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 042-010-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2009-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 076-039-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-13** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 14, 2009
- **2009-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
- **2009-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 011-001-000
- **2009-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 050-007-000
- **2009-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2009
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0709 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6d56e5d-92ad-4ab9-9ae6-70657014bae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).