---
type: "Bill"
title: "DUI BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL"
description: "DUI BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Illinois SB 8 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-02T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0518e2b6-9f1d-4d3b-9d2e-01ddca477ac8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "9fcc297531939d8e68765b6699153434bd7ca4b9f86a7d1ee397def677a07419"
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 8 (90th) — DUI BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0008** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0008LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- CULLERTON — cosponsor (person)
- DUDYCZ — cosponsor (person)
- FITZGERALD — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNSON,TOM — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- MAHAR — cosponsor (person)
- MCCARTHY — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- SCULLY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **1997-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 006-004-000 STRN
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-02-28
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-04
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FITZGERALD
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 048-008-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR JOHNSON,TOM
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROTTY
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SCULLY
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-006-000 HTRN
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** BALANCED BUDGET NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSING AFORDABLTY IMPCT NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** LAND CONVEYANCE APPRAISAL REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PENSION NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE REQUESTED DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DEERING
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MURPHY
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-DEERING
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** LAND CONVEYANCE APPRAISAL FILED
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** BALANCED BUDGET NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN-DEERING
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSING AFORDABLTY IMPCT NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN-DEERING
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** PENSION NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN-DEERING
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN-DEERING
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(A)-HFA 1, 2, 3
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 106-011-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-05T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-02T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-02T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-02
- **1997-07-02T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0043

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0518e2b6-9f1d-4d3b-9d2e-01ddca477ac8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).