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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TOLL HWY-AMBULANCES EXEMPTION"
+description: "Amends the Toll Highway Act. Adds public or private ambulance vehicles that are plainly marked to the list of vehicles not required to pay a toll to use a toll highway."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "HB 4691"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4691 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2012-02-02"
+last_action: "2012-07-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab3a1b16-9dc7-4fc4-8ca2-e3e31e65d2c6"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4691&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64494&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "7c3f72464117622ff118aeb5852b33af46dec4a5045e3947f407cbf4a2883000"
+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 4691 (97th) — TOLL HWY-AMBULANCES EXEMPTION
+
+Amends the Toll Highway Act. Adds public or private ambulance vehicles that are plainly marked to the list of vehicles not required to pay a toll to use a toll highway.
+
+## 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=09700HB4691&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64494&DocNum=4691&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4691eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64494&DocNum=4691&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4691enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64494&DocNum=4691&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandra M. Pihos — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2012-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos `filing`
+- **2012-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2012-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Tollway Oversight Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2012-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2012-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
+- **2012-02-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Tollway Oversight Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2012-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2012-02-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
+- **2012-02-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2012-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2012-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2012-02-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos `amendment-introduction`
+- **2012-02-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2012-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2012-03-06** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2012-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2012-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2012-03-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2012-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
+- **2012-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2012-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2012-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 8, 2012 `reading-1`
+- **2012-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
+- **2012-03-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
+- **2012-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2012-03-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2012-04-18** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
+- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
+- **2012-05-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
+- **2012-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2012-05-17** Passed Both Houses
+- **2012-05-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2012-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2012-07-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2012-07-13** Effective Date January 1, 2013
+- **2012-07-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0784 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab3a1b16-9dc7-4fc4-8ca2-e3e31e65d2c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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