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Bill	METRA-EMERGENCY PROTOCOL	Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Board of the Authority must develop written protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and to other safety hazards. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2296	Illinois HB 2296 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	40	3	2009-02-18	2009-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/39188cc3-6f3a-4fe9-b32b-1ff018810081	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2296&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44201&SessionID=76&GA=96	b9a73f9a71ac65e688fd59e4d61df606cf237dd233bf9d1d7495583cc52d3480	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2296 (96th) — METRA-EMERGENCY PROTOCOL

Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Board of the Authority must develop written protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and to other safety hazards. Effective immediately.

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

• Concurrence — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher filing
• 2009-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-23 Assigned to Mass Transit Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Mass Transit Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Mass Transit Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Mass Transit Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Postponed - Transportation
• 2009-04-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau amendment-introduction
• 2009-04-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2009-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2009-05-06 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2009-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Mass Transit Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Mass Transit Committee; 017-000-000
• 2009-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
• 2009-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2009
• 2009-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0677 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39188cc3-6f3a-4fe9-b32b-1ff018810081. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).