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Bill	RTA-UNIVERSAL FARE INSTRUMENT	Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that no later than 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Regional Transportation Authority must develop and make available for use by riders age 65 and over a universal fare instrument that may be used interchangeably on all public transportation funded by the Regional Transportation Authority.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2874	Illinois HB 2874 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2011-02-22	2011-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/2402876d-82aa-403c-92e6-b6a78813f785	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2874&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60196&SessionID=84&GA=97	9b4a05a67af6f4a23bb5ea4da422af6c0adae720852cad5366828f7ef8d2a5c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2874 (97th) — RTA-UNIVERSAL FARE INSTRUMENT

Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that no later than 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Regional Transportation Authority must develop and make available for use by riders age 65 and over a universal fare instrument that may be used interchangeably on all public transportation funded by the Regional Transportation Authority.

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 — 111–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie filing
• 2011-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-24 Assigned to Mass Transit Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2011-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Mass Transit Committee
• 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2011-03-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Mass Transit Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Mass Transit Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2011-04-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2011-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2011-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2011-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2011-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2011-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
• 2011-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 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. Mattie Hunter
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0271 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2402876d-82aa-403c-92e6-b6a78813f785. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).