---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS SAFETY"
description: "VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS SAFETY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 987"
citation: "Illinois SB 987 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07e4cc67-f80b-4375-a47a-f92b0c1d5bf5"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "d6dab913d650aa7627fc2d564a37b4fed4d347d5e5ecf211848a8b22717c0040"
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 987 (91st) — VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS SAFETY

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0987** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0987LV.html)

## Sponsors

- FAWELL — cosponsor (person)
- FRANKS — cosponsor (person)
- GARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- HOFFMAN — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- KLEMM — cosponsor (person)
- PHILIP — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTN S
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 STRN
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-18
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR KLEMM
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-19
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR HOFFMAN
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GARRETT
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 026-000-003 HTRN
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-001-002 `reading-3`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FRANKS
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0168

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07e4cc67-f80b-4375-a47a-f92b0c1d5bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).