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type: "Bill"
title: "SUBDIVISION ROAD TAXES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Reinstates the ability of road districts and consolidated road districts within counties adjacent to a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more to accumulate up to 50% of the taxes collected for road purposes from a subdivision whose plats were filed or recorded before July 23, 1959. Provides that these accumulated funds may be used for improvement of nondedicated roads within that subdivision, at which point the nondedicated roads will become a part of the township and district road system if those roads also meet criteria established by the counties in which the roads are located. Provides that the total accumulations may not exceed 10% of the total funds held by the road district for road purposes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2598"
citation: "Illinois SB 2598 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-10-09"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9804f069-720a-48ce-981a-f477eeb233a3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2598&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=76984&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "cad2abe83acad2ae43e4601cce716ce782ea41685b9a59be4c75805a2825193c"
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 2598 (98th) — SUBDIVISION ROAD TAXES
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Reinstates the ability of road districts and consolidated road districts within counties adjacent to a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more to accumulate up to 50% of the taxes collected for road purposes from a subdivision whose plats were filed or recorded before July 23, 1959. Provides that these accumulated funds may be used for improvement of nondedicated roads within that subdivision, at which point the nondedicated roads will become a part of the township and district road system if those roads also meet criteria established by the counties in which the roads are located. Provides that the total accumulations may not exceed 10% of the total funds held by the road district for road purposes. 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=09800SB2598&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=76984&DocNum=2598&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2598eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=76984&DocNum=2598&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2598enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=76984&DocNum=2598&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1070** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-10-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
- **2013-10-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-10-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2014
- **2014-02-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 25, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2014-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Effective Date August 1, 2014
- **2014-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0818 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9804f069-720a-48ce-981a-f477eeb233a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).