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Bill	HWY CD-PROTECTED CORRIDORS	Amends the Illinois Highway Code. In a provision providing that the Illinois Department of Transportation may establish the approximate locations and widths of rights of way for future additions to the State highway system to inform the public and prevent costly and conflicting development of the land involved, requires the filing of an environmental impact study along with a notice of approval of the map and a copy of the map in the office of the recorder for all counties where the land needed for future additions is located. Requires the Department to hold public hearings to discuss the viability and feasibility of each protected corridor not more than 10 years after the protected corridor is established in accordance with the provisions of the Code, and not later than the expiration of each 10-year period after the establishment of the protected corridor. Requires the Department to give due consideration to the information obtained at that hearing and to abolish the protected corridor if construction of the roadway is no longer feasible. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1856	Illinois SB 1856 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2011-02-09	2011-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e7cf0c92-0fa0-4822-8840-e0b495b1b4cf	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1856&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57929&SessionID=84&GA=97	aa15f8537881604777386c6d2e315adabcd274971ce756e3fa5a4b83b45a2ee0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1856 (97th) — HWY CD-PROTECTED CORRIDORS

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. In a provision providing that the Illinois Department of Transportation may establish the approximate locations and widths of rights of way for future additions to the State highway system to inform the public and prevent costly and conflicting development of the land involved, requires the filing of an environmental impact study along with a notice of approval of the map and a copy of the map in the office of the recorder for all counties where the land needed for future additions is located. Requires the Department to hold public hearings to discuss the viability and feasibility of each protected corridor not more than 10 years after the protected corridor is established in accordance with the provisions of the Code, and not later than the expiration of each 10-year period after the establishment of the protected corridor. Requires the Department to give due consideration to the information obtained at that hearing and to abolish the protected corridor if construction of the roadway is no longer feasible. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle McCarter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kyle McCarter filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-03-10 Postponed - Executive
• 2011-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kyle McCarter amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2011-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-03-17 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2011
• 2011-04-07 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
• 2011-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
• 2011-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2011-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-21 Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-12 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-06-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-08 Effective Date August 8, 2011
• 2011-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0279 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7cf0c92-0fa0-4822-8840-e0b495b1b4cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).