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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VEH CD-RED LIGHTS-FIRE CHIEFS"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a fire chief may drive a vehicle using red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights if the vehicle is designated or authorized as a fire department, fire protection district, or township fire department vehicle and the designation or authorization is carried in the vehicle."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 996"
+citation: "Illinois HB 996 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-03"
+last_action: "2005-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb59ad98-d8d4-4182-a1e0-d38f5e62576f"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=996&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15663&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "90dbed7708ad7759160a8c4e9cc284927c1c58966ad2bd65c1f664baac451e69"
+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 996 (94th) — VEH CD-RED LIGHTS-FIRE CHIEFS
+
+Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a fire chief may drive a vehicle using red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights if the vehicle is designated or authorized as a fire department, fire protection district, or township fire department vehicle and the designation or authorization is carried in the vehicle.
+
+## 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=09400HB0996&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15663&DocNum=996&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0996eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15663&DocNum=996&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0996enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15663&DocNum=996&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mike Boland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Boland `filing`
+- **2005-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2005-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-03-01** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 024-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
+- **2005-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
+- **2005-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-03-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
+- **2005-03-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
+- **2005-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-03-17** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Transportation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
+- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
+- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-07-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-07-08** Effective Date January 1, 2006
+- **2005-07-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0143 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb59ad98-d8d4-4182-a1e0-d38f5e62576f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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