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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VEH CD-DUI-OUT OF STATE"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who commits the offense of driving under the influence during a period in which his or her driving privileges are revoked or suspended, where the revocation or suspension was for driving under the influence or a similar provision of the law of another jurisdiction is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "SB 2494"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2494 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2008-02-15"
+last_action: "2008-08-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/607c09d0-4442-4257-8d0d-a60a2ef6661b"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2494&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36733&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "b67363d354767810b2e83092fb5ece4c4c6005f6fa3174878068ac391312c093"
+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 2494 (95th) — VEH CD-DUI-OUT OF STATE
+
+Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who commits the offense of driving under the influence during a period in which his or her driving privileges are revoked or suspended, where the revocation or suspension was for driving under the influence or a similar provision of the law of another jurisdiction is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.
+
+## 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=09500SB2494&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36733&DocNum=2494&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2494eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36733&DocNum=2494&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2494enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36733&DocNum=2494&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Kotowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2008-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `filing`
+- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2008-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2008-03-06** Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law
+- **2008-03-12** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2008-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2008
+- **2008-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2008
+- **2008-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
+- **2008-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
+- **2008-04-02** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
+- **2008-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2008-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2008-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2008-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2008-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
+- **2008-04-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
+- **2008-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2008-04-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2008-05-01** Assigned to Drivers Education & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2008-05-09** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
+- **2008-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Drivers Education & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2008-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2008-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2008-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2008-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2008-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2008-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2008
+- **2008-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0778 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/607c09d0-4442-4257-8d0d-a60a2ef6661b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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