---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-VEH SAFETY TEST"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that specified vehicles of the second division, medical transport vehicles, and vehicles designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers operated by a contract carrier transporting employees shall be subject to a safety test at an official testing station at least every 12 months (rather than 6 months). Provides that each school bus and each vehicle of the first division that is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit shall be subject to a safety test at an official testing station at least every 12 months (rather than 6 months) or 10,000 miles, whichever occurs first."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3172"
citation: "Illinois HB 3172 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681deaf4-f469-49c7-aa9a-efaf97919543"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3172&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104838&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "00b939a4c00349971a71ededfc60fd694e36424ec60b6ac18e271a93815f9dca"
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 3172 (100th) — VEH CD-VEH SAFETY TEST

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that specified vehicles of the second division, medical transport vehicles, and vehicles designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers operated by a contract carrier transporting employees shall be subject to a safety test at an official testing station at least every 12 months (rather than 6 months). Provides that each school bus and each vehicle of the first division that is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit shall be subject to a safety test at an official testing station at least every 12 months (rather than 6 months) or 10,000 miles, whichever occurs first.

## 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=10000HB3172&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104838&DocNum=3172&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3172eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104838&DocNum=3172&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3172enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104838&DocNum=3172&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **96–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nick Sauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nick Sauer `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
- **2017-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2017-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Lee Long
- **2017-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2017-02-16** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2017-02-16** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry Lee Long
- **2017-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
- **2017-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2017-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2017-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2017-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
- **2017-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David B. Reis
- **2017-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nick Sauer `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
- **2017-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
- **2017-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2017-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2017-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
- **2017-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2017-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
- **2017-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- **2017-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2017-03-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
- **2017-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2017-03-28** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 096-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2017-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Postponed - Transportation
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Transportation; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
- **2017-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
- **2017-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0160 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681deaf4-f469-49c7-aa9a-efaf97919543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).