republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-1892.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RTA-CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS"
description: "Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that public transportation benefits provided to a person with a disability by the Regional Transportation Authority or the Service Boards shall automatically renew unless discontinued by the person with a disability. Provides that benefits provided may not be suspended or discontinued pending a reevaluation of eligibility for those benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1892"
citation: "Illinois SB 1892 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hoan Huynh", "Mike Simmons"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22796e6b-217b-4d96-b51c-efe8c2010d52"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1892&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146736&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "6d7fa5228bf131117c9674344c216248d90f683fbc48637b2ddeac04e83527b9"
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 1892 (103rd) — RTA-CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS

Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that public transportation benefits provided to a person with a disability by the Regional Transportation Authority or the Service Boards shall automatically renew unless discontinued by the person with a disability. Provides that benefits provided may not be suspended or discontinued pending a reevaluation of eligibility for those benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1892.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1892eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1892sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1892enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Trans: Regulations, Roads & Bridges — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation, Amendment 1 — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoan Huynh — primary (person)
- Mike Simmons — primary (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas — cosponsor (person)
- Dan McConchie — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Simmons `filing`
- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass Transportation; 016-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Simmons `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 017-000-000
- **2023-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Simmons `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2023-04-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2023-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges; 016-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2023-05-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0241 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22796e6b-217b-4d96-b51c-efe8c2010d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).