HEROES WAY ACT
Summary
Creates the Heroes Way Designation Program Act. Allows a person who is related to a member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in action while performing active military duty to apply for a designation allowing the placement of an honorary sign along designated Illinois roads. Provides that honorary signs may be placed upon interstate or state-numbered highway interchanges or upon bridges or segments of highway on the State highway system. Provides requirements for petition and approval of applications by the General Assembly to designate a specified road. Provides that no interchange, bridge, or highway may be named or designated after more than one member of the United States Armed Forces killed in action, nor may a designated member of the United States Armed Forces be eligible for more than one interchange, bridge, or highway designation. Provides that any highway signs erected for any designation shall be erected and maintained for a 20-year period, after which the signs shall be subject to removal, and the interchange, bridge, or highway may be subject to a new designation, absent an application to retain designation. Defines "Department", "Secretary", and "United States Armed Forces".
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2016
Committee Review
May 2016
House Passage
May 2016
Senate Passage
May 2016
Signed into Law
Aug 2016
Introduced Apr 12, 2016
Signed Aug 15, 2016
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2016 · House Apr 12, 2016
How they voted
42–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 46
May 26, 2016
D
Democratic28
100% Yea
R
Republican18
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
58
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Aug 15, 2016
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 26, 2016
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 3, 2016
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Transportation; 016-000-000
upper
Apr 27, 2016
Committee
Assigned to Transportation
upper
Apr 12, 2016
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 12, 2016
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 12, 2016
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (96-0-2)
house
Apr 4, 2016
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 020-000-000
lower
Apr 4, 2016
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Mar 23, 2016
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee
lower
Feb 26, 2016
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Feb 26, 2016
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mark Batinick
lower
Feb 16, 2016
Committee
Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee
lower
Dec 2, 2015
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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