---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removal of Illiana Expressway references."
description: "Removes references to the Illiana Expressway in various statutes concerning transportation. Makes a conforming change and technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Indiana SB 44 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS AND ROADS", "State Highways; Toll Roads", "TRANSPORTATION", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Aylesworth", "Mike Bohacek", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cb5af8a-8615-4f74-9df5-470aa20685c0"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/44"
source_hash: "445abfc609fd2020dae148c3ef6765b771fd0a8a69eed9970b40e15a0a05be1f"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana SB 44 (2023) — Removal of Illiana Expressway references.

Removes references to the Illiana Expressway in various statutes concerning transportation. Makes a conforming change and technical corrections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0044/versions/SB0044.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0044/versions/SB0044.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0044/versions/SB0044.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0044/versions/SB0044.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 44 - Aylesworth - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Authored by Senator Niemeyer
- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Senator Bohacek added as second author
- **2023-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 63: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Aylesworth
- **2023-02-07** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 302: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cb5af8a-8615-4f74-9df5-470aa20685c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).