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Bill	EXPRESSWAY SAFETY ACT-CAMERAS	Creates the Expressway Safety Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount of cameras along expressways in Cook County. Provides that images from the cameras may be used to investigate offenses and detect roadway hazards, but not to enforce petty offenses. Provides that the program shall be funded by the Road Fund. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2023.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 331	Illinois HB 331 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2019-01-11	2019-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/829e04ef-5816-4c6c-b3b2-b4e14dd24938	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=331&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=114491&SessionID=108&GA=101	2ea6b2d821f9d3337d34249b2032525641dc92e396ebf4367c7ca445b66cd4dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 331 (101st) — EXPRESSWAY SAFETY ACT-CAMERAS

Creates the Expressway Safety Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount of cameras along expressways in Cook County. Provides that images from the cameras may be used to investigate offenses and detect roadway hazards, but not to enforce petty offenses. Provides that the program shall be funded by the Road Fund. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• André Thapedi — cosponsor (person)
• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Deanne M. Mazzochi — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)
• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
• Monica Bristow — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Thaddeus Jones — primary (person)
• William Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones filing
• 2019-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2019-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
• 2019-03-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
• 2019-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2019-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
• 2019-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2019-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2019-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
• 2019-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2019-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2019-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
• 2019-04-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2019-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2019-04-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-05-02 Do Pass Transportation; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
• 2019-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-12 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-07-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0042 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/829e04ef-5816-4c6c-b3b2-b4e14dd24938. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).