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Bill	TOLL HWY:RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION	Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that upon written approval by the Governor, the Toll Highway Authority may exercise any powers it has under the Toll Highway Act on the effective date of the amendatory Act to design and construct new railroad tracks. Provides that the Authority may charge an access fee to any passenger or freight rail operator who wishes to use tracks which the Authority has constructed using powers granted under the amendatory Act. Provides that moneys in the Road Fund may not be used to implement the new provisions. Provides that authorization must be granted to the Authority for each individual and distinct railroad track project. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4078	Illinois HB 4078 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2012-01-24	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/061da4c3-c44c-4876-8cd0-afc27749d032	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4078&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=63342&SessionID=84&GA=97	9cb5236f242230a75c7e844ecc9d6f8cce59f2d9fbe601c6c0a6dc57476b8bef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4078 (97th) — TOLL HWY:RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION

Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that upon written approval by the Governor, the Toll Highway Authority may exercise any powers it has under the Toll Highway Act on the effective date of the amendatory Act to design and construct new railroad tracks. Provides that the Authority may charge an access fee to any passenger or freight rail operator who wishes to use tracks which the Authority has constructed using powers granted under the amendatory Act. Provides that moneys in the Road Fund may not be used to implement the new provisions. Provides that authorization must be granted to the Authority for each individual and distinct railroad track project. 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 — 53–4 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dave Winters — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters filing
• 2012-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-17 Assigned to Tollway Oversight Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2012-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2012-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Tollway Oversight Committee; 009-001-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2012-03-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 053-004-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2012
• 2012-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0977 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/061da4c3-c44c-4876-8cd0-afc27749d032. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).