# Illinois HB5071: TOLL HWY AUTH-BILINGUAL PAY Illinois HB5071, TOLL HWY AUTH-BILINGUAL PAY, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-04-16 (Referred to Assignments); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5071-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB5071 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: TOLL HWY AUTH-BILINGUAL PAY - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-04 - Last action: 2026-04-16, Referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 11 - Subjects: transportation: regulation, roads & bridges, assignments - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (91 yes, 40 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has the power to establish a special pay supplement for those positions of employment that require that a person employed in that position speak or write a language other than English. Provides that such paid positions may be eligible for a bilingual pay supplement to attract bilingual individuals, to encourage present employees to become proficient in languages other than English, or to retain qualified bilingual employees. Provides that a bilingual pay supplement shall be processed within 30 calendar days after the employee presents to the Authority a certification from either the designated testing program process selected by the Authority or a State community college confirming that language skill proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking has been satisfied by the employee. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Aarón M. Ortíz (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Abdelnasser Rashid (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Barbara Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Celina Villanueva (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dagmara Avelar (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Diane Blair-Sherlock (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mary Beth Canty (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matt Hanson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Maura Hirschauer (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Norma Hernandez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Theresa Mah (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-09 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 67 | 29 | | | 2026-04-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges; | pass | 11 | 6 | | | 2026-03-24 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges; | pass | 13 | 5 | | ## Actions (34) - 2026-04-16: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-16: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-029-000 (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah (House) - 2026-04-09: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz (House) - 2026-04-08: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-08: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-08: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted (House) - 2026-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges; 011-006-000 (House) - 2026-03-31: Fiscal Note Filed (House) - 2026-03-26: Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Dagmara Avelar (House) - 2026-03-26: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges (House) - 2026-03-25: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-25: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-24: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled (House) - 2026-03-24: Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges; 013-005-000 (House) - 2026-03-18: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges (House) - 2026-03-03: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-03: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar (House) - 2026-02-24: Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges (House) - 2026-02-10: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-10: First Reading (House) - 2026-02-04: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5071eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5071ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5071ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5071.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5071eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5071ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5071ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB5071.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5071-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).