Overview
- The House approved the plan in an overnight vote, with final enactment still requiring remaining legislative steps and the governor’s signature.
- Core funding would redirect about $860 million in motor fuel sales tax receipts to transit operations and use roughly $200 million in interest from the state Road Fund, with earlier ideas like streaming and delivery taxes removed.
- The measure authorizes a 0.25 percentage-point increase in the Regional Transportation Authority sales tax in the Chicago area, projected to raise about $478 million.
- Tolls would rise by about 45 cents for passenger vehicles and 30% for commercial trucks to fund Illinois Tollway capital projects, not direct transit operations.
- Downstate lawmakers objected to diverting Road Fund resources and limited operating support outside the Chicago region, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker signaled openness to a regional tax and continued negotiations.