---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-GOLD STAR PLATES-FEE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, commencing with the 2006 registration year, a person who has claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, or the spouse of one of those persons, shall be charged $24, instead of the usual registration fee, for a vehicle displaying the license plates issued to Gold Star recipients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2453"
citation: "Illinois SB 2453 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/989835fb-ed66-40bb-b322-ae57623b7c1e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2453&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8698&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "4e83b95dfb4f90e92f6c12ec56e84178395089d0fc9bc6642c264a69ef9d6725"
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 2453 (93rd) — VEH CD-GOLD STAR PLATES-FEE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, commencing with the 2006 registration year, a person who has claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, or the spouse of one of those persons, shall be charged $24, instead of the usual registration fee, for a vehicle displaying the license plates issued to Gold Star recipients.

## 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=09300SB2453&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8698&DocNum=2453&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2453eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8698&DocNum=2453&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2453enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8698&DocNum=2453&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry K. Bomke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Larry K. Bomke `filing`
- **2004-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** Do Pass Transportation; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2004
- **2004-02-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 24, 2004
- **2004-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2004-03-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2004-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2004-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
- **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 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-30** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0849 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/989835fb-ed66-40bb-b322-ae57623b7c1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).