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| Bill | HWY CD-VACATED HIGHWAYS | Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the highway commissioner of a road district has authority to build alleys and bike paths in unincorporated communities, using any funds belonging to the road district in which that community is located. Provides that a highway commissioner has the same authority regarding all curbs and sidewalks in those communities (rather than only those curbs and sidewalks constructed as an integral part of a highway improvement project). Provides that a highway authority may convey a vacated highway or portion of a highway under its jurisdiction to a township road district which has petitioned for vacation of the highway and intends to use it as an alley or a designated bike path. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 93rd | SB 245 | Illinois SB 245 (93rd) |
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enacted | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2003-02-05 | 2003-07-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/01a7ecb4-d818-4d88-99bb-20576340da09 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=245&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1847&SessionID=3&GA=93 | 659cec1c5732a78610421f09322b6828a6a708043c12d7426f72237a9a3f0f43 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 245 (93rd) — HWY CD-VACATED HIGHWAYS
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the highway commissioner of a road district has authority to build alleys and bike paths in unincorporated communities, using any funds belonging to the road district in which that community is located. Provides that a highway commissioner has the same authority regarding all curbs and sidewalks in those communities (rather than only those curbs and sidewalks constructed as an integral part of a highway improvement project). Provides that a highway authority may convey a vacated highway or portion of a highway under its jurisdiction to a township road district which has petitioned for vacation of the highway and intends to use it as an alley or a designated bike path. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 52–1 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 82–28 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Susan Garrett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2003-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett
filing - 2003-02-05 Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- 2003-02-05 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-02-05 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-02-06 Assigned to Transportation
referral-committee - 2003-02-19 Do Pass Transportation; 007-002-000
committee-passage - 2003-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003
- 2003-03-05 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
- 2003-03-19 Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-03-19 Arrived in House
introduction - 2003-03-19 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- 2003-03-19 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-03-19 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- 2003-03-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- 2003-03-31 Assigned to Local Government Committee
referral-committee - 2003-04-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 020-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-05-01 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-028-004
reading-3, passage - 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
- 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2003-07-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2003-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2003
- 2003-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0321
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01a7ecb4-d818-4d88-99bb-20576340da09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).