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Bill	RAILROAD POLICE AUTHORITY	Amends the Railroad Police Act. Provides that members of railroad police forces may issue administrative citations in accordance with the provisions of local law. Provides that passengers may be removed from a train or boat for conduct or language that annoys or vexes employees. Provides that this removal, if not done at the location of the offending conduct, may be done at an available public station or dock. Provides that for the purposes of removing an offending passenger, the conductor or captain may only command the assistance of passengers that are willing and able to render assistance. Provides before removing the passenger the conductor or captain must refund the passenger's fare minus the portion attributable to distance already travelled. Provides that no operating rule, bulletin, directive, or other order of a carrier shall contradict or limit this authority. Provides that the captain or master, or employees of a boat, rather than only steamboats, may arrest a passenger that has committed a crime or misdemeanor and take him or her before a judge of the circuit court in any county through which the boat passes on its trip, filing an affidavit with the judge of the circuit court charging the passenger with that crime or misdemeanor. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2791	Illinois SB 2791 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2014-01-30	2014-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5988c420-da02-413d-add2-0f10e272a435	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2791&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78679&SessionID=85&GA=98	2c88ffab82db310247dc70a17155b748eb737bd8ed85186f1296351adf5eb5fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2791 (98th) — RAILROAD POLICE AUTHORITY

Amends the Railroad Police Act. Provides that members of railroad police forces may issue administrative citations in accordance with the provisions of local law. Provides that passengers may be removed from a train or boat for conduct or language that annoys or vexes employees. Provides that this removal, if not done at the location of the offending conduct, may be done at an available public station or dock. Provides that for the purposes of removing an offending passenger, the conductor or captain may only command the assistance of passengers that are willing and able to render assistance. Provides before removing the passenger the conductor or captain must refund the passenger's fare minus the portion attributable to distance already travelled. Provides that no operating rule, bulletin, directive, or other order of a carrier shall contradict or limit this authority. Provides that the captain or master, or employees of a boat, rather than only steamboats, may arrest a passenger that has committed a crime or misdemeanor and take him or her before a judge of the circuit court in any county through which the boat passes on its trip, filing an affidavit with the judge of the circuit court charging the passenger with that crime or misdemeanor. 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 — 54–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Toi W. Hutchinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson filing
• 2014-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-01-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Do Pass Judiciary; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2014
• 2014-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2014
• 2014-03-06 Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-06 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-03-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2014-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-06 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2014-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-25 Effective Date July 25, 2014
• 2014-07-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0791 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5988c420-da02-413d-add2-0f10e272a435. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).