republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-2480.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HWY CD-CONSTRUCT CONTRACTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals a provision providing that the highway commissioner in each road district may contract for the construction or repair of roads and bridges lying wholly within the limits of the commissioner's district and that, if the cost of the contract or expenditure is more than $5,000, the highway commissioner may not make any payment without the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors. Deletes language in another provision providing that, when a road or bridge that is on the line between 2 road districts is to be repaired or constructed at a cost of more than $1,000, a contract may not be let, and no payment may be made, without the approval of the county superintendent or the county board of auditors. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2480"
citation: "Illinois SB 2480 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cca8d89-6a5e-4324-a3e4-6387f6b6044b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2480&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8732&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "68cb2c2f8b41d1c5727292cb0df2914392bcd823ed313829363e28bbd3deae00"
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 SB 2480 (93rd) — HWY CD-CONSTRUCT CONTRACTS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals a provision providing that the highway commissioner in each road district may contract for the construction or repair of roads and bridges lying wholly within the limits of the commissioner's district and that, if the cost of the contract or expenditure is more than $5,000, the highway commissioner may not make any payment without the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors. Deletes language in another provision providing that, when a road or bridge that is on the line between 2 road districts is to be repaired or constructed at a cost of more than $1,000, a contract may not be let, and no payment may be made, without the approval of the county superintendent or the county board of auditors. 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=09300SB2480&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8732&DocNum=2480&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2480eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8732&DocNum=2480&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2480enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8732&DocNum=2480&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George P. Shadid — primary (person)
- Patrick Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Cultra — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Holbrook — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
- **2004-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2004
- **2004-02-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 26, 2004
- **2004-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2004-04-20** Sponsor Removed Rep. William B. Black
- **2004-04-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2004-04-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2004-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2004-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
- **2004-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2004
- **2004-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0704 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cca8d89-6a5e-4324-a3e4-6387f6b6044b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).