---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORD CHANGE: ACCIDENT TO CRASH"
description: "Amends various Acts by replacing the term \"accident\", in relation to automobiles, motor vehicles, and traffic accidents, with the term \"crash\". Provides that a State agency may exhaust any forms or documents using \"accident\" prior to printing copies of a new version using \"crash\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 5496"
citation: "Illinois HB 5496 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Wilcox", "Tom Weber"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54c2a0aa-014e-45d8-85e0-87604457bafb"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5496&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=140021&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "6b5ddbe8c68bcaeb8f9d354b79c06c5c85ef417878b77395a4e8ba04e51d00fa"
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 5496 (102nd) — WORD CHANGE: ACCIDENT TO CRASH

Amends various Acts by replacing the term "accident", in relation to automobiles, motor vehicles, and traffic accidents, with the term "crash". Provides that a State agency may exhaust any forms or documents using "accident" prior to printing copies of a new version using "crash". Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5496.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5496eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5496ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5496sam001.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB5496enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **106–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craig Wilcox — primary (person)
- Tom Weber — primary (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Bos — cosponsor (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Ness — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Weber `filing`
- **2022-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
- **2022-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
- **2022-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra Hamilton
- **2022-02-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Weber `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Bos
- **2022-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
- **2022-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
- **2022-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Craig Wilcox `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2022-03-25** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2022
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-29** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2022
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
- **2022-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2022-03-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Tom Weber
- **2022-03-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
- **2022-04-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 013-000-000
- **2022-04-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 111-000-000
- **2022-04-07** House Concurs
- **2022-04-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-27** Effective Date July 1, 2023
- **2022-05-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0982 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54c2a0aa-014e-45d8-85e0-87604457bafb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).