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Bill	TOLL HWY-RTA BUSES EXEMPT	Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall provide that vehicles owned or operated by the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority to transport passengers for hire are exempt from paying tolls for operation on highways under the Authority's jurisdiction. Provides that the provision allowing the vehicles to use the Toll Highway System without payment of tolls shall not be applied in a manner that impairs the rights of the holders of bonds issued by the Authority.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 170	Illinois SB 170 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2007-01-31	2007-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/5d4302ca-1f65-4608-adad-2f0f67285733	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=170&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27486&SessionID=51&GA=95	1380b7ee2d09590f0daf57059de73af849720541302afa095ec55e2847fcb68e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 170 (95th) — TOLL HWY-RTA BUSES EXEMPT

Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall provide that vehicles owned or operated by the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority to transport passengers for hire are exempt from paying tolls for operation on highways under the Authority's jurisdiction. Provides that the provision allowing the vehicles to use the Toll Highway System without payment of tolls shall not be applied in a manner that impairs the rights of the holders of bonds issued by the Authority.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Terry Link — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link filing
• 2007-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-31 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-07 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2007-02-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
• 2007-03-01 Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007
• 2007-03-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2007-03-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
• 2007-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007
• 2007-03-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2007-03-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2007-03-27 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2007-03-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2007-03-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Tollway Oversight Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Tollway Oversight Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2007-05-24 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2007-05-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-21 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0327 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d4302ca-1f65-4608-adad-2f0f67285733. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).