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Bill	CROWDS ON RAILROAD TRACKS	Amends the Illinois Public Demonstrations Law. Adds parades to Sections on permits, size, notice, and time requirements. Requires the city, county, or local law enforcement to notify the owners of any railroad tracks over which the march, assembly, meeting, parade, or gathering will take place of the time, location, and duration. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 3255	Illinois HB 3255 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2013-02-26	2013-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/017325b4-b636-4587-b361-fdca83c5533b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3255&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=75114&SessionID=85&GA=98	00c8ea8d0acbc5ed276a5533520444f1f21e46709d3ae499c496adbda195a3fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3255 (98th) — CROWDS ON RAILROAD TRACKS

Amends the Illinois Public Demonstrations Law. Adds parades to Sections on permits, size, notice, and time requirements. Requires the city, county, or local law enforcement to notify the owners of any railroad tracks over which the march, assembly, meeting, parade, or gathering will take place of the time, location, and duration. 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
• David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2013-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-11 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2013-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2013-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2013-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2013-03-21 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2013-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2013-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2013-04-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2013-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2013-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 16, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
• 2013-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
• 2013-04-25 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2013-04-25 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2013-04-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2013-05-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2013-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass Transportation; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
• 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2013
• 2013-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0320 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/017325b4-b636-4587-b361-fdca83c5533b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).