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Bill	HWY AD CONTROL ACT-DEFINITIONS	Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that the definition of "maintain" includes the periodic changing of advertising messages as well as the normal maintenance or repair of signs and sign structures. In a provision defining "erect", provides that the following shall not constitute normal maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure: replacing more than 60% of the uprights, in whole or in part, of a wooden sign structure; replacing more than 30% of the length above ground of each broken, bent, or twisted support of a metal sign structure; raising the height above ground of a sign or sign structure; making a sign bigger; adding lighting; or similar activities that substantially change a sign or make a sign more valuable. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5946	Illinois HB 5946 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2010-02-10	2010-06-09	openstates	ocd-bill/cc5a844a-ce24-4518-9067-64f1df061b23	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5946&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51610&SessionID=76&GA=96	5029ebfb1f14cdfffe758c2bb2dbd1be7721fe21ac7c438e9f2fab3cd70b467b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5946 (96th) — HWY AD CONTROL ACT-DEFINITIONS

Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Provides that the definition of "maintain" includes the periodic changing of advertising messages as well as the normal maintenance or repair of signs and sign structures. In a provision defining "erect", provides that the following shall not constitute normal maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure: replacing more than 60% of the uprights, in whole or in part, of a wooden sign structure; replacing more than 30% of the length above ground of each broken, bent, or twisted support of a metal sign structure; raising the height above ground of a sign or sign structure; making a sign bigger; adding lighting; or similar activities that substantially change a sign or make a sign more valuable. 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

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lou Lang — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang filing
• 2010-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon
• 2010-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Transportation, Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation, Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 11, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2010-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Commerce referral-committee
• 2010-04-20 Do Pass Commerce; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
• 2010-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-06-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-06-09 Effective Date June 9, 2010
• 2010-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0919 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc5a844a-ce24-4518-9067-64f1df061b23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).