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Bill HEROES WAY ACT Creates the Heroes Way Designation Program Act. Allows a person who is related to a member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in action while performing active military duty to apply for a designation allowing the placement of an honorary sign along designated Illinois roads. Provides that honorary signs may be placed upon interstate or state-numbered highway interchanges or upon bridges or segments of highway on the State highway system. Provides requirements for petition and approval of applications by the General Assembly to designate a specified road. Provides that no interchange, bridge, or highway may be named or designated after more than one member of the United States Armed Forces killed in action, nor may a designated member of the United States Armed Forces be eligible for more than one interchange, bridge, or highway designation. Provides that any highway signs erected for any designation shall be erected and maintained for a 20-year period, after which the signs shall be subject to removal, and the interchange, bridge, or highway may be subject to a new designation, absent an application to retain designation. Defines "Department", "Secretary", and "United States Armed Forces". us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 99th HB 4344 Illinois HB 4344 (99th)
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Illinois HB 4344 (99th) — HEROES WAY ACT

Creates the Heroes Way Designation Program Act. Allows a person who is related to a member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in action while performing active military duty to apply for a designation allowing the placement of an honorary sign along designated Illinois roads. Provides that honorary signs may be placed upon interstate or state-numbered highway interchanges or upon bridges or segments of highway on the State highway system. Provides requirements for petition and approval of applications by the General Assembly to designate a specified road. Provides that no interchange, bridge, or highway may be named or designated after more than one member of the United States Armed Forces killed in action, nor may a designated member of the United States Armed Forces be eligible for more than one interchange, bridge, or highway designation. Provides that any highway signs erected for any designation shall be erected and maintained for a 20-year period, after which the signs shall be subject to removal, and the interchange, bridge, or highway may be subject to a new designation, absent an application to retain designation. Defines "Department", "Secretary", and "United States Armed Forces".

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark Batinick — primary (person)
  • William R. Haine — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2015-11-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick filing
  • 2015-12-02 First Reading reading-1
  • 2015-12-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2016-02-16 Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee referral-committee
  • 2016-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
  • 2016-02-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick amendment-introduction
  • 2016-02-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Cavaletto
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Reginald Phillips
  • 2016-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
  • 2016-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
  • 2016-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
  • 2016-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
  • 2016-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
  • 2016-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee
  • 2016-04-04 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2016-04-04 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2016-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2016-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
  • 2016-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
  • 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
  • 2016-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
  • 2016-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2016-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2016-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
  • 2016-04-12 First Reading reading-1
  • 2016-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2016-04-27 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
  • 2016-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
  • 2016-05-03 Do Pass Transportation; 016-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2016-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2016
  • 2016-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
  • 2016-05-12 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
  • 2016-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
  • 2016-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2016-05-26 Passed Both Houses
  • 2016-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2016-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2016-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2017
  • 2016-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0802 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/723fb09d-1909-42d8-947a-7af3bdd41acf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).

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