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+type: "Bill"
+title: "GOLD STAR PLATES-FAMILY MEMBER"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the requirement that an applicant for a Gold Star license plate shall be charged a registration fee. Provides that no registration fee for a Gold Star license plates shall be required from a surviving widow, widower, sibling, daughter, son, or parent of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and lost his or her life while in service whether in peacetime or war."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "102nd"
+identifier: "HB 20"
+citation: "Illinois HB 20 (102nd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian W. Stewart", "Sue Scherer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-13"
+last_action: "2021-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/079ee431-7671-46f3-af35-bf9f33f5372d"
+source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=20&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=127831&SessionID=110&GA=102"
+source_hash: "1c14ceb799be556b42f54e7812508097c1a4363614f1d504171f53757a12e562"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 20 (102nd) — GOLD STAR PLATES-FAMILY MEMBER
+
+Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the requirement that an applicant for a Gold Star license plate shall be charged a registration fee. Provides that no registration fee for a Gold Star license plates shall be required from a surviving widow, widower, sibling, daughter, son, or parent of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and lost his or her life while in service whether in peacetime or war.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0020.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0020eng.pdf)
+3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0020ham001.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0020enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian W. Stewart — primary (person)
+- Sue Scherer — primary (person)
+- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
+- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Wilcox — cosponsor (person)
+- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
+- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
+- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
+- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
+- Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
+- Randy E. Frese — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer `filing`
+- **2021-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
+- **2021-01-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
+- **2021-01-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
+- **2021-02-23** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2021-03-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-03-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
+- **2021-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
+- **2021-04-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2021-04-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
+- **2021-04-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
+- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
+- **2021-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
+- **2021-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
+- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
+- **2021-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2021 `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
+- **2021-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
+- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
+- **2021-05-19** Do Pass Transportation; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
+- **2021-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2021
+- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
+- **2021-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
+- **2021-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-29** Passed Both Houses
+- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2022
+- **2021-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0106 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/079ee431-7671-46f3-af35-bf9f33f5372d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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