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Bill	NORTHWEST METRA DISTRICT	Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Creates the Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District. Provides that the Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District shall include all municipalities located within McHenry County.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2937	Illinois SB 2937 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	36	3	2012-02-01	2012-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/c76a459d-9f11-4ca4-80a7-a606018b5643	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2937&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63815&SessionID=84&GA=97	d2400a0f460ad4182781fa31e247880a9005339923771ddb0bcdff6cc9323a6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2937 (97th) — NORTHWEST METRA DISTRICT

Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Creates the Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District. Provides that the Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District shall include all municipalities located within McHenry County.

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 — 30–19 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 65–50 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 47–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2012-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-01 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2012
• 2012-03-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 030-019-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-23 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2012-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 Assigned to Mass Transit Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Mass Transit Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon amendment-introduction
• 2012-05-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-050-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-16 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2012-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 17, 2012
• 2012-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2012-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2012-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Transportation; 009-000-000
• 2012-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 047-009-000
• 2012-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-27 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1116 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c76a459d-9f11-4ca4-80a7-a606018b5643. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).