Lake County Gazette

A new law sponsored by Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-60) that was introduced with the purpose of creating the Expressway Safety Act will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, according to the official Illinois General Assembly website.

The legislation was introduced in bill HB331 on Jan. 11, when Rep. Thaddeus Jones (D-29) filed it with the House clerk.

According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "create the Expressway Safety Act".

After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 11, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 16. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 12. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.

Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.

The following table shows the full history of actions on HB331.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones
1/14/2019	House	First Reading
1/14/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/5/2019	House	Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
3/13/2019	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 012-000-000
3/13/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/13/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
3/19/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/19/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones
3/20/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
3/29/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 013-000-000
4/9/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
4/9/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones
4/10/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
4/10/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
4/10/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
4/10/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
4/10/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
4/10/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
4/10/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
4/10/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
4/10/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
4/10/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
4/10/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/11/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
4/11/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
4/11/2019	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-001
4/11/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/11/2019	Senate	First Reading
4/11/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
4/11/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/11/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
4/24/2019	Senate	Assigned to Transportation
5/2/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
5/2/2019	Senate	Do Pass Transportation; 013-000-000
5/9/2019	Senate	Second Reading
5/9/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
5/16/2019	House	Passed Both Houses
5/16/2019	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
6/14/2019	House	Sent to the Governor
7/12/2019	House	Effective Date January 1, 2020
7/12/2019	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0042
7/12/2019	House	Governor Approved