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type: "Bill"
title: "SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL"
description: "Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, upon enactment of a federal transportation bill with a dedicated fund available to states for safe routes for schools, the Department of Transportation shall, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Department of State Police, establish and administer a Safe Routes to School Construction Program for the construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic-calming projects, with construction grants being made available to local governmental agencies. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 744"
citation: "Illinois HB 744 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-01"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e2b2611-ef85-44a9-99b0-24dca4bf60b1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=744&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15232&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "0a9d3f6e7e6d395f04a54824c0a602d4363f301a18013d27d7592e2390a4328e"
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 744 (94th) — SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, upon enactment of a federal transportation bill with a dedicated fund available to states for safe routes for schools, the Department of Transportation shall, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the Department of State Police, establish and administer a Safe Routes to School Construction Program for the construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic-calming projects, with construction grants being made available to local governmental agencies. 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=09400HB0744&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15232&DocNum=744&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0744eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15232&DocNum=744&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0744enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15232&DocNum=744&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Christine Radogno — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald A. Wait — primary (person)
- Terry Link — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ronald A. Wait `filing`
- **2005-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-16** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 027-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2005-02-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
- **2005-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2005-02-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2005-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2005-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2005-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2005-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2005-02-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2005-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.
- **2005-03-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle
- **2005-03-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-03-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-03-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2005-03-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Transportation
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-08** Effective Date August 8, 2005
- **2005-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0493 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e2b2611-ef85-44a9-99b0-24dca4bf60b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).