Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2296 — METRA-EMERGENCY PROTOCOL

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0677

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2009. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Board of the Authority must develop written protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and to other safety hazards. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

25 added · 10 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to Bill HB 2296 include adding new provisions for emergency protocols that require both the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority to establish written procedures for handling medical and sanitation emergencies, as well as other safety hazards. This means that all major transit boards will now have a formal responsibility to prepare for emergencies, which can help ensure passenger safety and improve response times in critical situations. Overall, these amendments emphasize a proactive approach to safety in public transit systems.

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HB2296 Engrossed LRB096 08660 RLJ 18783 b AN ACT concerning local government.
HB2296 Enrolled LRB096 08660 RLJ 18783 b AN ACT concerning local government.
The Regional Transportation Authority Act is amended by adding Section 3b.16 as follows:
The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is amended by adding Section 53 as follows:
(70 ILCS 3615/3b.16 new) Sec.
(70 ILCS 3605/53 new) Sec.
3b.16.
53.
Emergency protocols.
Within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Board must develop written protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and to other safety hazards.
Section 10.
The Regional Transportation Authority Act is amended by adding Sections 3A.17 and 3B.16 as follows:
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.17 new) Sec.
3A.17.
Emergency protocols.
Within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Suburban Bus Board must develop written protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and to other safety hazards.
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.16 new) HB2296 Enrolled - 2 - LRB096 08660 RLJ 18783 b Sec.
3B.16.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0677

  2. Effective Date August 25, 2009

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000

  7. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Mass Transit Committee; 017-000-000

  8. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Mass Transit Committee

  9. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  10. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kay Hatcher

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1

  12. Arrived in House

  13. Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000

  14. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009

  15. Second Reading

  16. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009

  17. Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 010-000-000

  18. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  19. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation

  20. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  21. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau

  22. Postponed - Transportation

  23. Assigned to Transportation

  24. Referred to Assignments

  25. First Reading

  26. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau

  27. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009

  28. Arrive in Senate

  29. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000

  30. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  31. Second Reading - Short Debate

  32. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington

  33. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  34. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Mass Transit Committee; 022-000-000

  35. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Mass Transit Committee; by Voice Vote

  36. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Mass Transit Committee

  37. Assigned to Mass Transit Committee

  38. Referred to Rules Committee

  39. First Reading

  40. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher

Sponsors

  • Kay Hatcher · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Kay Hatcher

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 118 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 103000
Democrat 11000
Republican 4000
Total 118000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Hatcher — Yea
May — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Howard — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Myers — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Bradley — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Brady — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Senger — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Gordon, Careen — Yea
Wait — Yea
Gordon, Jehan — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Watson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Cross — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Soto — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Washington — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Lang — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Burns — Yea
Mell — Yea
Connelly — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mark L. Walker Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 55 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 8001
Unaffiliated 47002
Republican 0001
Total 55004
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Hultgren — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Millner — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Noland — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hutchinson — Not Voting
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Link — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Not Voting
Duffy — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Not Voting
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Not Voting

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Third Reading

Passed 114 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 100003
Democrat 11000
Republican 3001
Total 114004
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Hamos — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Mathias — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Mell — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Myers — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Bradley — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Washington — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Gordon, Jehan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Graham — Yea
Watson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mulligan — Not Voting
Howard — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Gordon, Careen — Not Voting
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Connelly — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Hatcher — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Kosel — Not Voting
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Senger — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Lang — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Burns — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mark L. Walker Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Not Voting
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety transportation
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2296 do?
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that the Board of the Authority must develop written protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and to other safety hazards. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 2296?
HB 2296 is sponsored by Kay Hatcher.
What is the current status of HB 2296?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2009. Enacted.
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