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HB5071 • 2026
TOLL HWY AUTH-BILINGUAL PAY
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Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
Arrive in Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2026
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-029-000
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
Second Reading - Short Debate
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges ; 011-006-000
Fiscal Note Filed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges
Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges ; 013-005-000
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
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Full Text of HB5071 Home Legislation Full Text HB5071 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 House Amendment 002 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed House Amendment 001 House Amendment 002 Open PDF HB5071 Engrossed LRB104 19774 LNS 33224 b 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing 5 Section 8 as follows: 6 (605 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-8) 7 Sec. 8. The Authority shall have the power: 8 (a) To acquire, own, use, hire, lease, operate and dispose 9 of personal property, real property (except with respect to 10 the headquarters building and surrounding land of the 11 Authority located at 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove, 12 Illinois, which may be sold or mortgaged only as provided in 13 Section 7.5 of the State Property Control Act to the extent 14 that such property is subject to the State Property Control 15 Act at the time of the proposed sale), any interest therein, 16 including rights-of-way, franchises and easements. 17 (b) To enter into all contracts and agreements necessary 18 or incidental to the performance of its powers under this Act. 19 All employment contracts let under this Act shall be in 20 conformity with the applicable provisions of "An Act 21 regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers 22 employed under contracts for public works," approved June 26, 23 1941, as amended. HB5071 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 19774 LNS 33224 b 1 (c) To employ and discharge, without regard to the 2 requirements of any civil service or personnel act, such 3 administrative, engineering, traffic, architectural, 4 construction, and financial experts, and inspectors, and such 5 other employees, as are necessary in the Authority's judgment 6 to carry out the purposes of this Act; and to establish and 7 administer standards of classification of all of such persons 8 with respect to their compensation, duties, performance, and 9 tenure; and to enter into contracts of employment with such 10 persons for such periods and on such terms as the Authority 11 deems desirable. 12 (d) To appoint by and with the consent of the Attorney 13 General, assistant attorneys for such Authority, which said 14 assistant attorneys shall be under the control, direction and 15 supervision of the Attorney General and shall serve at his 16 pleasure. 17 (e) To retain special counsel, subject to the approval of 18 the Attorney General, as needed from time to time, and fix 19 their compensation, provided however, such special counsel 20 shall be subject to the control, direction and supervision of 21 the Attorney General and shall serve at his pleasure. 22 (f) To acquire, construct, relocate, operate, regulate and 23 maintain a system of toll highways through and within the 24 State of Illinois. However, the Authority does not have the 25 power to acquire, operate, regulate or maintain any system of 26 toll highways or toll bridges or portions of them (including HB5071 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 19774 LNS 33224 b 1 but not limited to any system organized pursuant to Division 2 108 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code) in the event 3 either of the following conditions exists at the time the 4 proposed acquisition, operation, regulation or maintenance of 5 such system is to become effective: 6 (1) the principal or interest on bonds or other 7 instruments evidencing indebtedness of the system are in 8 default; or 9 (2) the principal or interest on bonds or other 10 instruments evidencing indebtedness of the system have been in 11 default at any time during the 5 year period prior to the 12 proposed acquisition. 13 To facilitate such construction, operation and maintenance 14 and subject to the approval of the Division of Highways of the 15 Department of Transportation, the Authority shall have the 16 full use and advantage of the engineering staff and facilities 17 of the Department. 18 (g) To establish a special pay supplement for those 19 positions of employment that require, pursuant to the 20 Authority's official classification specification, that a 21 person employed in that position speak or write a language 22 other than English, including American Sign Language, to 23 better serve limited English speakers across the State. 24 Positions paid under this paragraph may be eligible for a 25 bilingual pay supplement to attract bilingual individuals, to 26 encourage present employees to become proficient in languages HB5071 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 19774 LNS 33224 b 1 other than English, or to retain qualified bilingual 2 employees. 3 The positions eligible for a bilingual pay supplement, the 4 amount of the supplement, and the length of time it remains in 5 effect shall be negotiated between the Authority and the 6 appropriate collective bargaining representative as determined 7 under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. The bilingual 8 pay supplement may be negotiated for each foreign language, 9 including American Sign Language, required for the position by 10 the Authority's official classification specification. 11 A bilingual pay supplement shall be processed within 30 12 calendar days after the employee presents to the Authority a 13 certification from either: (i) the designated testing program 14 process selected by the Authority; or (ii) a State community 15 college confirming that language skill proficiency in reading, 16 writing, and speaking has been satisfied by the employee. 17 The Authority shall submit, on or before December 31 of 18 each year, to the General Assembly and the Governor a report on 19 the bilingual pay supplements processed within the last 20 calendar year and the needs of bilingual positions left 21 unfilled in the last calendar year. 22 (Source: P.A. 93-19, eff. 6-20-03.) 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