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type: "Bill"
title: "EMINENT DOMAIN PAYMENTS"
description: "Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that if there is a conflict between state and federal law or regulations regarding the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's ability to pay relocation costs to persons displaced by the Authority's exercise of eminent domain powers, the Authority shall use whichever law or regulation provides the highest payment limit. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4786"
citation: "Illinois HB 4786 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c0ccfa7-3fc1-4fc1-88c0-4285bc0afdf3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4786&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79498&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "20b652526fd35457fd1be354992d186dc76ae6e42de44232e7d70960c13c937d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 4786 (98th) — EMINENT DOMAIN PAYMENTS
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that if there is a conflict between state and federal law or regulations regarding the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's ability to pay relocation costs to persons displaced by the Authority's exercise of eminent domain powers, the Authority shall use whichever law or regulation provides the highest payment limit. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4786&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79498&DocNum=4786&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4786eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79498&DocNum=4786&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4786enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79498&DocNum=4786&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Robert Rita — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2014-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** Assigned to Tollway Oversight Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Tollway Oversight Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
- **2014-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2014-04-10** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2014-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2014
- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Effective Date July 16, 2014
- **2014-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0736 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c0ccfa7-3fc1-4fc1-88c0-4285bc0afdf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).