Bill Title: 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2026-04-16 - Referred to Assignments [HB5071 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Engrossed	2026-04-08	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2026-02-04	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2026-03-25	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2026-03-03	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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