republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1889.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TOLL HIGHWAY-ELECTRONIC TOLL"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code, the Toll Highway Act, and the Toll Bridge Act. Contains findings that electronic toll collection systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, efficiency, and traveler convenience. Requires the Department of Transportation, counties, and municipalities to configure the electronic toll collection system on county toll bridges, municipal toll bridges, and municipal ferries (and, if electronic toll collection is used on any highways constructed or maintained by the Department, on those highways) to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Authorizes intergovernmental agreements and cooperation among entities to standardize toll collection and toll violation and enforcement services. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1889"
citation: "Illinois HB 1889 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3f5c565-ff11-4502-987d-6e4bbb30538d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1889&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59082&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "9b6e06cdf20638310411d194e6f5768559b5d527171996faeda7a1e7ba2c39e6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 1889 (97th) — TOLL HIGHWAY-ELECTRONIC TOLL

Amends the Illinois Highway Code, the Toll Highway Act, and the Toll Bridge Act. Contains findings that electronic toll collection systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, efficiency, and traveler convenience. Requires the Department of Transportation, counties, and municipalities to configure the electronic toll collection system on county toll bridges, municipal toll bridges, and municipal ferries (and, if electronic toll collection is used on any highways constructed or maintained by the Department, on those highways) to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Authorizes intergovernmental agreements and cooperation among entities to standardize toll collection and toll violation and enforcement services. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1889&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59082&DocNum=1889&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1889eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59082&DocNum=1889&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1889enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=59082&DocNum=1889&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2011-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Tollway Oversight Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Tollway Oversight Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Tollway Oversight Committee
- **2011-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Tollway Oversight Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-17** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2011-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** 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** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2011
- **2011-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0252 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3f5c565-ff11-4502-987d-6e4bbb30538d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).