---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-BLUE LIGHTS-ID CARD"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person using blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights while operating a rescue vehicle not owned by a fire department or a vehicle owned or fully operated by a specified type of firefighter, a trustee of a fire protection district, or a member of another specified emergency response agency must carry an identification card or letter identifying the person as a member of a bona fide fire department, fire protection district, or other specified emergency response unit. Specifies additional required information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2894"
citation: "Illinois SB 2894 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-06"
last_action: "2004-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3ff104-7d4e-4bbb-acca-2a77b85b56f1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2894&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9857&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "435c5a6b31908d67b8ddf292b96f6d3d9ecdca330d50b2aa958a044ce2f236b8"
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 2894 (93rd) — VEH CD-BLUE LIGHTS-ID CARD

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person using blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights while operating a rescue vehicle not owned by a fire department or a vehicle owned or fully operated by a specified type of firefighter, a trustee of a fire protection district, or a member of another specified emergency response agency must carry an identification card or letter identifying the person as a member of a bona fide fire department, fire protection district, or other specified emergency response unit. Specifies additional required information.

## 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=09300SB2894&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9857&DocNum=2894&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2894eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9857&DocNum=2894&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2894enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9857&DocNum=2894&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George P. Shadid — primary (person)
- Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
- **2004-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-06** 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
- **2004-02-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2004
- **2004-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `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`
- **2004-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2004-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2004-03-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2004-04-20** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 014-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** 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
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-13** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-07-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0725 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d3ff104-7d4e-4bbb-acca-2a77b85b56f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).