---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-SCHOOL SAFETY-PENALTIES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds community service as a penalty for failing to stop before meeting or overtaking a school bus that is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils and has displayed visual signals. Adds community service as a penalty for driving a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour while passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public school property or upon any public thoroughfare where children pass going to and from school during a school day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3793"
citation: "Illinois SB 3793 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfc0a5b0-6684-408a-86a4-75307937d9c6"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3793&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=138853&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "cc8ba26c7655101e1fb815e9a5f220ac9b274634c18ec34ea791d53db5a10d12"
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 3793 (102nd) — VEH CD-SCHOOL SAFETY-PENALTIES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds community service as a penalty for failing to stop before meeting or overtaking a school bus that is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils and has displayed visual signals. Adds community service as a penalty for driving a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour while passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public school property or upon any public thoroughfare where children pass going to and from school during a school day.

## 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/SB/PDF/10200SB3793.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3793eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3793enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Kelly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2022-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Do Pass Transportation; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
- **2022-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2022-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Kelly
- **2022-03-09** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Michael Kelly
- **2022-03-16** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael Kelly
- **2022-03-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0859 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfc0a5b0-6684-408a-86a4-75307937d9c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).