republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/sb-2806.md

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Bill	VEH CD-RAIL SIGNAL CROSSING	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a driver of a vehicle that approaches a railroad grade crossing under circumstances in which a stop is required and does not stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail, commits a petty offense for which a $500 fine (previously $250) shall be imposed for the first violation and a $1,000 fine (previously $500) shall be imposed for any subsequent violations.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2806	Illinois SB 2806 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2016-02-17	2016-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/8618ce59-d802-4d3f-82a0-b4f6858c4c0f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2806&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96116&SessionID=88&GA=99	021f4cdf0a591cf5b1e48a1d6f683a71990d35d99442130d0b00e3f3ec9b6934	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2806 (99th) — VEH CD-RAIL SIGNAL CROSSING

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a driver of a vehicle that approaches a railroad grade crossing under circumstances in which a stop is required and does not stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail, commits a petty offense for which a $500 fine (previously $250) shall be imposed for the first violation and a $1,000 fine (previously $500) shall be imposed for any subsequent violations.

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 — 54–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karen McConnaughay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Karen McConnaughay filing
• 2016-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-02-17 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2016-03-01 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 Postponed - Transportation
• 2016-04-06 Do Pass Transportation; 015-000-001 committee-passage
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
• 2016-04-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2016-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-02 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2016-05-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-28 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0663 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8618ce59-d802-4d3f-82a0-b4f6858c4c0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).