---
type: "Bill"
title: "HWY CD-TOWNSHIP ROAD MILES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the roads forming a part of a township road district include those roads maintained by the district, regardless of whether or not those roads are owned by the township. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4699"
citation: "Illinois HB 4699 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-12"
last_action: "2006-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25883181-0493-45f8-9d05-5c2f8b0684f0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4699&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=23108&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "aedadac41895e4ae1deb29727a544c6adb2797c29ecedf1d5d09f20233f79ba4"
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 4699 (94th) — HWY CD-TOWNSHIP ROAD MILES

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the roads forming a part of a township road district include those roads maintained by the district, regardless of whether or not those roads are owned by the township. 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=09400HB4699&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23108&DocNum=4699&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4699eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23108&DocNum=4699&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4699enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23108&DocNum=4699&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-12** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2006-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-18** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 026-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-01-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-01-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-01-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-02-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 2, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-02-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cheryl Axley
- **2006-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
- **2006-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
- **2006-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 047-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-20** Effective Date June 20, 2006
- **2006-06-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0884 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25883181-0493-45f8-9d05-5c2f8b0684f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).