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type: "Bill"
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title: "MTA-CIVIL ACTIONS"
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description: "Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that a civil action against the Metropolitan Transit Authority for an injury to one's person must be commenced within one year from the date the cause of action accrues. Deletes provisions requiring any person that is about to commence a civil action in any court against the Authority to provide written notice to the Authority. Deletes provisions requiring the Authority to furnish a copy of this Section to any person that has notified the Authority that he or she has a cause of action. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "SB 84"
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citation: "Illinois SB 84 (96th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2009-01-30"
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last_action: "2009-06-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4271853f-de69-47f4-808b-cdd865f42929"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=84&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40390&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "222a107787c8d92c6e986430fa0bf84d5f4ecc5f7e82115ba9e6b5f411fd3710"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 84 (96th) — MTA-CIVIL ACTIONS
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Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that a civil action against the Metropolitan Transit Authority for an injury to one's person must be commenced within one year from the date the cause of action accrues. Deletes provisions requiring any person that is about to commence a civil action in any court against the Authority to provide written notice to the Authority. Deletes provisions requiring the Authority to furnish a copy of this Section to any person that has notified the Authority that he or she has a cause of action. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0084&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40390&DocNum=84&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0084eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40390&DocNum=84&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0084enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40390&DocNum=84&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **82–32** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
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- **2009-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-10** Postponed - Judiciary
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- **2009-02-19** Postponed - Judiciary
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- **2009-02-25** Postponed - Judiciary
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- **2009-03-11** Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
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- **2009-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2009-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2009
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- **2009-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
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- **2009-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-032-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
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- **2009-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2009-06-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2009-06-01** Effective Date June 1, 2009
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- **2009-06-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0012 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4271853f-de69-47f4-808b-cdd865f42929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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