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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VEH CD-BLUE LIGHTS-ID CARD"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person using blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights while operating a rescue vehicle not owned by a fire department or a vehicle owned or fully operated by a specified type of firefighter, a trustee of a fire protection district, or a member of another specified emergency response agency must carry an identification card or letter identifying the person as a member of a bona fide fire department, fire protection district, or other specified emergency response unit. Specifies additional required information."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "93rd"
+identifier: "SB 2894"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2894 (93rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2004-02-06"
+last_action: "2004-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3ff104-7d4e-4bbb-acca-2a77b85b56f1"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2894&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9857&SessionID=3&GA=93"
+source_hash: "435c5a6b31908d67b8ddf292b96f6d3d9ecdca330d50b2aa958a044ce2f236b8"
+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 SB 2894 (93rd) — VEH CD-BLUE LIGHTS-ID CARD
+
+Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person using blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights while operating a rescue vehicle not owned by a fire department or a vehicle owned or fully operated by a specified type of firefighter, a trustee of a fire protection district, or a member of another specified emergency response agency must carry an identification card or letter identifying the person as a member of a bona fide fire department, fire protection district, or other specified emergency response unit. Specifies additional required information.
+
+## 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=09300SB2894&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9857&DocNum=2894&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2894eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9857&DocNum=2894&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2894enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9857&DocNum=2894&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- George P. Shadid — primary (person)
+- Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2004-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
+- **2004-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-02-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2004-02-24** Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2004-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2004
+- **2004-02-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2004
+- **2004-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2004-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-03-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
+- **2004-03-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2004-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2004-03-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2004-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
+- **2004-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
+- **2004-03-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
+- **2004-04-20** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2004-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 014-003-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2004-04-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
+- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2004-07-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2004-07-13** Effective Date January 1, 2005
+- **2004-07-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0725 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d3ff104-7d4e-4bbb-acca-2a77b85b56f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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