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HB4279Introduced in the House

PASSENGER RAIL PLANNING ACT

IntroducedHouse Rules

Introduced by Rita Mayfield, District 60

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Creates the Passenger Rail Planning Act. Sets forth intercity passenger rail routes serving or originating in the State. Requires the Department of Transportation to incorporate the aspirational frequencies into the Illinois State Rail Plan and the Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan. Authorizes the Department to nominate corridors for inclusion in the Federal Railroad Administration's Corridor Identification and Development Program and enter into memoranda of understanding or other cooperative agreements for each identified interstate corridor to provide for shared data, joint investment prioritization, and aligned performance measures and planning schedules. Requires the Department to include a recurring section titled Progress Toward High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail within each update to the Illinois State Rail Plan and Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. Requires each Metropolitan Planning Organization in the State to: (1) recognize the target intercity and long-distance passenger rail frequencies; (2) identify relevant rail corridors within or adjacent to the Metropolitan Planning Organization planning area; and (3) include a narrative discussion of how regional transportation investments can support achievement of those frequency targets. Requires the Department and each Metropolitan Planning Organization to consider progress toward the target passenger rail frequencies when developing project prioritization criteria for multimodal investments. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.

Where it stands

Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez

May 29, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

  2. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner

  3. First Reading

  4. Referred to Rules Committee

  5. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin

  6. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

  7. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi

  9. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah

  12. Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet

  14. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

  15. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  16. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  17. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford

  18. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

  19. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  20. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado

  21. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams

  22. House Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield

  23. House Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee

  24. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges

  25. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges

  26. House Committee Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges

  27. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain

  28. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  29. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  30. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  31. House Committee Amendment No. 3 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  32. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

  33. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez

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