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Bill	MTA-CIVIL ACTIONS	Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that a civil action against the Metropolitan Transit Authority for an injury to one's person must be commenced within one year from the date the cause of action accrues. Deletes provisions requiring any person that is about to commence a civil action in any court against the Authority to provide written notice to the Authority. Deletes provisions requiring the Authority to furnish a copy of this Section to any person that has notified the Authority that he or she has a cause of action. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 84	Illinois SB 84 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2009-01-30	2009-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4271853f-de69-47f4-808b-cdd865f42929	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=84&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40390&SessionID=76&GA=96	222a107787c8d92c6e986430fa0bf84d5f4ecc5f7e82115ba9e6b5f411fd3710	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 84 (96th) — MTA-CIVIL ACTIONS

Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that a civil action against the Metropolitan Transit Authority for an injury to one's person must be commenced within one year from the date the cause of action accrues. Deletes provisions requiring any person that is about to commence a civil action in any court against the Authority to provide written notice to the Authority. Deletes provisions requiring the Authority to furnish a copy of this Section to any person that has notified the Authority that he or she has a cause of action. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. 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 — 82–32 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2009-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2009-02-10 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2009-02-19 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2009-02-25 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
• 2009-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2009
• 2009-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2009-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-032-001 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-05-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-06-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-06-01 Effective Date June 1, 2009
• 2009-06-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0012 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4271853f-de69-47f4-808b-cdd865f42929. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).