IL HB5071 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: Engrossed on April 9 2026 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-16 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on April 9 2026 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-16 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has the power to establish a special pay supplement for those positions of employment that require that a person employed in that position speak or write a language other than English. Provides that such paid positions may be eligible for a bilingual pay supplement to attract bilingual individuals, to encourage present employees to become proficient in languages other than English, or to retain qualified bilingual employees. Provides that a bilingual pay supplement shall be processed within 30 calendar days after the employee presents to the Authority a certification from either the designated testing program process selected by the Authority or a State community college confirming that language skill proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking has been satisfied by the employee.
Title
TOLL HWY AUTH-BILINGUAL PAY
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2026-04-16 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2026-04-16 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva |
| 2026-04-10 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2026 |
| 2026-04-10 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-029-000 |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz |
| 2026-04-08 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2026-04-08 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2026-04-08 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted |
| 2026-04-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges; 011-006-000 |
| 2026-03-31 | House | Fiscal Note Filed |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Dagmara Avelar |
| 2026-03-26 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges |
| 2026-03-25 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2026-03-25 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar |
| 2026-03-25 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2026-03-24 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled |
| 2026-03-24 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges; 013-005-000 |
| 2026-03-18 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges |
| 2026-03-03 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2026-03-03 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar |
| 2026-02-24 | House | Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges |
| 2026-02-10 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2026-02-10 | House | First Reading |
| 2026-02-04 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605 | 10 | 8 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
