---
type: "Bill"
title: "RTA-BICYCLES ON COMMUTER RAIL"
description: "RTA-BICYCLES ON COMMUTER RAIL"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Illinois HB 242 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-23T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84592b4a-bdbf-44a1-9b2d-7875ceef197d"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "2761e81c42c9a1e053174612e344428e08be1e119ea4ee49027dbde3c1595995"
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 HB 242 (90th) — RTA-BICYCLES ON COMMUTER RAIL

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0242LV.html)

## Sponsors

- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAWELL — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- LINK — cosponsor (person)
- MOORE,ANDREA — cosponsor (person)
- PANKAU — cosponsor (person)
- SEVERNS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ERWIN
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOORE,ANDREA
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTAT'N H
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 021-000-000 HTRN
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-03-17
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** SENATE SPONSOR FAWELL
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 STRN
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-04-25
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-04-30
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SEVERNS
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-03T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0045

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84592b4a-bdbf-44a1-9b2d-7875ceef197d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).