Illinois legislation · 104th General Assembly
Illinois HR1020: SEE TRACKS? THINK TRAIN WEEK
Status: Introduced, August 28, 2026
Declares the week of September 21 through September 27, 2026 as See Tracks? Think Train Week in the State of Illinois. Encourages all citizens to recognize the importance of rail safety education.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, August 28, 2026:
HR1020LRB104 23147 ECR 39611 r HR1020 LRB104 23147 ECR 39611 r HR1020 LRB104 23147 ECR 39611 r HOUSE RESOLUTION WHEREAS, See Tracks? Think Train Week is to be held across the United States from September 21 through September 27, 2026; and WHEREAS, During 2025, 2,273 highway-rail grade crossing collisions resulted in 764 personal injuries and were responsible for 287 fatalities across the United States; and WHEREAS, Educating and informing the public about rail safety, including reminding the public that railroad rights-of-way are private property, enhancing public awareness of the dangers associated with highway-rail grade crossings, ensuring pedestrians and motorists are looking and listening while near railways as well as obeying established traffic laws, will reduce the number of avoidable fatalities and injuries caused by incidents involving trains and citizens; and WHEREAS, The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Operation Lifesaver, Inc., the United States Department of Transportation, and all local, county, state, and railroad law enforcement officers, first responders, and railroad corporations are committed to partnering together in an effort to educate at the national and state level all HR1020- 2 -LRB104 23147 ECR 39611 r HR1020 - 2 - LRB104 23147 ECR 39611 r HR1020 - 2 - LRB104 23147 ECR 39611 r aspects of railroad safety and to enforce applicable laws in support of National See Tracks? Think …
Sponsors
- Dennis Tipsword (R, 105) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis Tipsword
Common questions
- What is HR1020?
- HR1020 is a bill in the Illinois Legislature (104th General Assembly): SEE TRACKS? THINK TRAIN WEEK.
- What does HR1020 do?
- Declares the week of September 21 through September 27, 2026 as See Tracks? Think Train Week in the State of Illinois. Encourages all citizens to recognize the importance of rail safety education.
- What is the status of HR1020?
- Introduced as of August 28, 2026. Latest action: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis Tipsword (August 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR1020?
- Dennis Tipsword (R, 105).
- Where is the official record for HR1020?
- On the Illinois Legislature website: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1020&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HR&SessionID=114
Source: official Illinois record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.