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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ID CARD-VEH CD-OPTOMETRISTS"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an optometrist may determine visual disability for purposes of issuing a Disabled Person Identification Card or disability license plates or decals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "HB 5655"
+citation: "Illinois HB 5655 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2008-02-15"
+last_action: "2008-07-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca32044b-5b00-47cb-a7b5-335885323e07"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5655&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=37232&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "9a3b2c4a5acb6b5f53e2dd1159541e194a4519df58ba05c64a5b34c59b2c89c9"
+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 5655 (95th) — ID CARD-VEH CD-OPTOMETRISTS
+
+Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an optometrist may determine visual disability for purposes of issuing a Disabled Person Identification Card or disability license plates or decals.
+
+## 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=09500HB5655&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=37232&DocNum=5655&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5655eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=37232&DocNum=5655&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5655enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=37232&DocNum=5655&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2008-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
+- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2008-02-26** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2008-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
+- **2008-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2008-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2008-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2008-04-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2008-04-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
+- **2008-04-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2008-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2008-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
+- **2008-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2008-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
+- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
+- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
+- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
+- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
+- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
+- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2008-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2008-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2009
+- **2008-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0762 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca32044b-5b00-47cb-a7b5-335885323e07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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