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Bill	IDOT-FREIGHT MOBILITY PLAN	Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall publish and deliver its master plan for highway, waterway, aeronautic, mass transportation and railroad systems to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2012 (instead of January 1, 1982) and every 5 (instead of 2) years thereafter. Provides that the master plan shall include a comprehensive and multimodal freight mobility plan which shall analyze commodity flows, assess the freight transportation network, and identify significant freight system trends, needs, and economic opportunities. Provides that the multimodal freight mobility plan shall recommend improvements in the operation and management of the freight system, projects that will eliminate inefficiencies in the State's freight network, methods of funding needed for freight system improvements, and policies to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient movement of goods within and through the State and to ensure the State's economic vitality. Provides that the freight mobility plan shall incorporate and maintain compatibility with any federally required rail plan affecting this State. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1761	Illinois HB 1761 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2011-02-16	2011-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/b93beda4-6e6f-4da1-85de-cd335b2065ed	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1761&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58944&SessionID=84&GA=97	b0882d4be522d47a5c71567e7d60f79905b1a031b097e8e9b21825d7f56407a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1761 (97th) — IDOT-FREIGHT MOBILITY PLAN

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall publish and deliver its master plan for highway, waterway, aeronautic, mass transportation and railroad systems to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2012 (instead of January 1, 1982) and every 5 (instead of 2) years thereafter. Provides that the master plan shall include a comprehensive and multimodal freight mobility plan which shall analyze commodity flows, assess the freight transportation network, and identify significant freight system trends, needs, and economic opportunities. Provides that the multimodal freight mobility plan shall recommend improvements in the operation and management of the freight system, projects that will eliminate inefficiencies in the State's freight network, methods of funding needed for freight system improvements, and policies to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient movement of goods within and through the State and to ensure the State's economic vitality. Provides that the freight mobility plan shall incorporate and maintain compatibility with any federally required rail plan affecting this State. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)
• Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2011-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2011-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2011-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2011-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-03-31 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2011-03-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-06-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-06-28 Effective Date June 28, 2011
• 2011-06-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0032 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b93beda4-6e6f-4da1-85de-cd335b2065ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).