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HB3285 • 2026
$IDOT-STATE RAILWAY PROGRAM
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$IDOT-STATE RAILWAY PROGRAM
Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
To Fiscal Impact Subcommittee
Assigned to Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Matt Hanson
$IDOT-STATE RAILWAY PROGRAM
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Full Text of HB3285 Home Legislation Full Text HB3285 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3285 Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Matt Hanson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Appropriates $575,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for expenses related to the Statewide Railway Program. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 08852 LNS 18907 b HB3285 LRB104 08852 LNS 18907 b 1 AN ACT concerning appropriations. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The amount of $70,000,000, or so much of that 5 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 6 Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for expenses 7 of planning, design, and environmental clearance of a new 8 electrified high-speed line designed for speeds in excess of 9 186 miles per hour in relation to the Statewide Railway 10 Program. 11 Section 10. The amount of $230,000,000, or so much of that 12 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 13 Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for expenses 14 of capital improvements to railroad lines that currently host 15 passenger trains, upgrades for existing railroad lines 16 establish new passenger rail routes, or to new construct 17 railroad lines to establish new passenger rail routes in 18 relation to the Statewide Railway Program. Eligible expenses 19 include: repairing, reconstructing, or building new railroad 20 bridges; installing or modernizing overhead catenary for 21 electrically powered trains; upgrading existing mainline 22 tracks to FRA Class 4 standards or better; adding second or 23 third mainline tracks; and installing train control systems. HB3285 - 2 - LRB104 08852 LNS 18907 b 1 Section 15. The amount of $100,000,000, or so much of that 2 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 3 Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for expenses 4 of purchasing modern trains and the construction of new 5 maintenance facilities or the modernization of existing 6 maintenance facilities in relation to the Statewide Railway 7 Program. 8 Section 20. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much of that 9 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 10 Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for salaries 11 and other expenses related to adding professional staff in the 12 rail division of the Office of Intermodal Project 13 Implementation in relation to the Statewide Railway Program. 14 Section 25. The amount of $100,000,000, or so much of that 15 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 16 Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for the 17 operation of passenger trains linking communities outside of 18 the Regional Transportation Authority boundaries to Chicago 19 and O'Hare and the operation of passenger trains linking 20 communities outside of the Regional Transportation Authority 21 boundaries to other communities outside of the Regional 22 Transportation Authority boundaries in relation to the 23 Statewide Railway Program. HB3285 - 3 - LRB104 08852 LNS 18907 b 1 Section 30. The amount of $50,000,000, or so much of that 2 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 3 Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for 4 maintaining mainline tracks on passenger rail routes at Class 5 5 or better in relation to the Statewide Railway Program. 6 Section 35. The amount of $23,000,000, or so much of that 7 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 8 Revenue Fund to the Department of Transportation for the 9 operation of regional buses to connect communities without a 10 railway station outside of the Regional Transportation 11 Authority to the state passenger railway network and to 12 supplement frequency on passenger rail routes in relation to 13 the Statewide Railway Program. 14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 15 2025. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. 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