---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-BUMPER HEIGHT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it is unlawful to operate upon any highway of this State any vehicle with a front bumper height that exceeds 28 inches or a rear bumper height that exceeds 30 inches, regardless of the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle, except those vehicles covered by the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2429"
citation: "Illinois SB 2429 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8856d3a3-9b04-4eb7-b678-08974f0ac2b6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2429&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8671&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "e4bc941bafbc4f4040c20fe05b005895cbfa387ff3ba94501c5f2b1bd5a0a340"
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 2429 (93rd) — VEH CD-BUMPER HEIGHT

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it is unlawful to operate upon any highway of this State any vehicle with a front bumper height that exceeds 28 inches or a rear bumper height that exceeds 30 inches, regardless of the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle, except those vehicles covered by the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2429&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8671&DocNum=2429&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2429eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8671&DocNum=2429&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2429enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8671&DocNum=2429&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George P. Shadid — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
- **2004-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2004
- **2004-02-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 26, 2004
- **2004-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
- **2004-03-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2004-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 015-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-013-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-09** Effective Date July 9, 2004
- **2004-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0702 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8856d3a3-9b04-4eb7-b678-08974f0ac2b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).