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Bill	UTILITIES-BUSINESS ENTERPRISES	Creates the Crossing of Railroad Right-of-way Act. Applies only to crossings of a railroad right-of-way that is owned by a land management company and not a registered rail carrier. Provides that public utilities that locate their facilities within the railroad right-of-way for a crossing shall pay the land management company a one-time standard crossing fee of $1,500 for each crossing. Provides special circumstances under which the standard crossing fee is not imposed. Provides that, if the parties cannot agree that special circumstances exist, the dispute shall be submitted to non-binding arbitration. Provides procedures for the non-binding arbitration and provides that, if the parties cannot resolve their dispute based on the arbitrator's recommendation within 30 days, either party may, upon the expiration of the 30-day period, give written notice to the other party of the commencement of a binding arbitration proceeding. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1448	Illinois SB 1448 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	72	3	2009-02-18	2009-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/295c93ea-3375-4909-8f20-bd263f5cc077	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1448&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42902&SessionID=76&GA=96	e9b029ea8a69b61a74245a1c24c9eafdf917332e0bb7839923dfddd756035192	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1448 (96th) — UTILITIES-BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

Creates the Crossing of Railroad Right-of-way Act. Applies only to crossings of a railroad right-of-way that is owned by a land management company and not a registered rail carrier. Provides that public utilities that locate their facilities within the railroad right-of-way for a crossing shall pay the land management company a one-time standard crossing fee of $1,500 for each crossing. Provides special circumstances under which the standard crossing fee is not imposed. Provides that, if the parties cannot agree that special circumstances exist, the dispute shall be submitted to non-binding arbitration. Provides procedures for the non-binding arbitration and provides that, if the parties cannot resolve their dispute based on the arbitrator's recommendation within 30 days, either party may, upon the expiration of the 30-day period, give written notice to the other party of the commencement of a binding arbitration proceeding. 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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Biggins — cosponsor (person)
• Careen M. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• Darlene J. Senger — cosponsor (person)
• David Reis — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah L. Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis M. Reboletti — cosponsor (person)
• Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)
• Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
• Esther Golar — cosponsor (person)
• Franco Coladipietro — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• John D. Cavaletto — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph M. Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Kay Hatcher — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth Dunkin — cosponsor (person)
• Luis Arroyo — cosponsor (person)
• Michael G. Connelly — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. McAuliffe — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bost — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Fortner — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
• Randy Ramey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Poe — cosponsor (person)
• Renée Kosel — cosponsor (person)
• Rich Brauer — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Roger L. Eddy — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald A. Wait — cosponsor (person)
• Rosemary Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
• Sandy Cole — cosponsor (person)
• William D. Burns — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs filing
• 2009-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2009-03-06 Postponed - Executive
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
• 2009-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
• 2009-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-05 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2009-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2009-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2009-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-05-06 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-06 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2009-05-06 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2009-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2009-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2009-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon
• 2009-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2009-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
• 2009-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2009-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2009-05-20 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 21, 2009
• 2009-05-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2009-05-21 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2009-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Donne E. Trotter filing
• 2009-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Energy referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Energy; 011-000-000
• 2009-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
• 2009-05-30 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0716 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/295c93ea-3375-4909-8f20-bd263f5cc077. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).