---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-FLASHING LIGHTS-SIRENS"
description: "VEH CD-FLASHING LIGHTS-SIRENS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Illinois HB 161 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d58f469b-d4dd-40c9-96a0-9c2e2c23a097"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "2bcf210dfc78db32bd4f585f2d7440a88c4c39f5be21af9d3edf377482fab817"
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 161 (92nd) — VEH CD-FLASHING LIGHTS-SIRENS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0161LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- DEMUZIO — cosponsor (person)
- HANNIG — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- MOFFITT — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** PREFILED WITH CLERK
- **2001-01-10T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-01-10T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-31T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 021-000-000 HTRN
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 102-011-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **2001-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOST
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-02-21
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DEMUZIO
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTN S
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-001-000 STRN
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-03
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-08
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/HANNIG
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR SA #1
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **2001-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/114-000-000
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-21T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-17
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0407

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d58f469b-d4dd-40c9-96a0-9c2e2c23a097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).