---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-ABANDONED VEHICLES"
description: "VEH CD-ABANDONED VEHICLES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 2161"
citation: "Illinois SB 2161 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-07-11T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7fb8ddf-ba36-4c22-9482-673748259bcd"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "918803868ec5e930b2784f2e9f2b26b0bdadbcc1da82a4904d527e3fe8b73dfb"
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 2161 (92nd) — VEH CD-ABANDONED VEHICLES

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB2161LV.html)

## Sponsors

- LINK — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- POE — cosponsor (person)
- REITZ — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTN S
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 STRN
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-03-07
- **2002-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-03-20
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR GARRETT
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO REITZ
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR POE
- **2002-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR COLVIN
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 016-002-000 HTRN
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-11T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-11T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 03-01-01
- **2002-07-11T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0654

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7fb8ddf-ba36-4c22-9482-673748259bcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).