LCPL RUSSELL ROWE MEMORIAL HWY
HJR 48 designates a specific stretch of Illinois Route 131 (from the state line south to Illinois Route 173) as the "Lance Corporal Russell Rowe Memorial Highway" to honor a Marine Corps veteran who died in service during the 1965 Dominican Republic intervention. The resolution requests the Illinois Department of Transportation to install appropriate signs along this highway segment to commemorate his sacrifice. This bill does not create new laws or affect regulations, but formally names a public roadway in recognition of L.Cpl. Russell Rowe's service and death.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 7, 2026
Last action May 7, 2026
Floor votes · House May 7, 2026
How they voted
107–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 116
May 7, 2026
D
Democratic76
92% Yea
R
Republican40
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
4
May 7, 2026
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
May 7, 2026
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
May 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Resolution Adopted 109-000-000
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges; 018-000-000
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joyce Mason
DDemocratic
P
Mary Edly-Allen
DDemocratic
Co
Brandun Schweizer
RRepublican
Co
Dan Swanson
RRepublican
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