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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VEH CD-FLEEING POLICE-PENALTY"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalty for fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony. Increases the penalty for a third of subsequent violation from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Increases the penalty for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Increases the penalty for a second or subsequent violation from a Class 3 to a Class 2 felony. Provides that the termination of a pursuit of a fleeing vehicle by a peace officer for safety reasons shall be considered fresh pursuit of the driver or operator of a motor vehicle if a peace officer resumes the pursuit of the driver or operator of the motor vehicle within 24 hours after the officer terminated the pursuit for safety reasons."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "93rd"
+identifier: "HB 92"
+citation: "Illinois HB 92 (93rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-01-07"
+last_action: "2003-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a05255a5-337d-482e-ba6f-be862809e682"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=92&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=237&SessionID=3&GA=93"
+source_hash: "be9380a719be1b4cc93279805a09f1a58d653df71ba3df6d6994d6059f4835e0"
+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 92 (93rd) — VEH CD-FLEEING POLICE-PENALTY
+
+Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalty for fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony. Increases the penalty for a third of subsequent violation from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Increases the penalty for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Increases the penalty for a second or subsequent violation from a Class 3 to a Class 2 felony. Provides that the termination of a pursuit of a fleeing vehicle by a peace officer for safety reasons shall be considered fresh pursuit of the driver or operator of a motor vehicle if a peace officer resumes the pursuit of the driver or operator of the motor vehicle within 24 hours after the officer terminated the pursuit for safety reasons.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0092&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=237&DocNum=92&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0092eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=237&DocNum=92&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0092enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=237&DocNum=92&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James T. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-01-07** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz `filing`
+- **2003-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-01-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-01-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
+- **2003-01-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
+- **2003-01-23** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-01-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
+- **2003-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2003-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Dunn
+- **2003-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
+- **2003-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2003-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-02-28** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2003-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2003-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
+- **2003-03-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz `amendment-introduction`
+- **2003-03-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2003-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2003-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2003-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2003-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2003-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2003 `reading-1`
+- **2003-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
+- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
+- **2003-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
+- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
+- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
+- **2003-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2003-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2004
+- **2003-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0120 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a05255a5-337d-482e-ba6f-be862809e682`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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