---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-STOPPED SCHOOL BUS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a driver must stop his or her vehicle before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, a school bus stopped at any location (rather than on a highway or on other specified roadways) for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Illinois SB 311 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec67fa18-375e-45d6-92e4-5b21811bad82"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=311&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=2044&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "068b21773e1877b73d4e3c853059b4cf326b531edbc3bf16fe26cb9fdf5a1ece"
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 311 (93rd) — VEH CD-STOPPED SCHOOL BUS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a driver must stop his or her vehicle before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, a school bus stopped at any location (rather than on a highway or on other specified roadways) for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. 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=09300SB0311&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2044&DocNum=311&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0311eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2044&DocNum=311&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0311enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2044&DocNum=311&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Todd Sieben — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Todd Sieben `filing`
- **2003-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003
- **2003-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
- **2003-03-19** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2003-03-19** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-19** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2003-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2003-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-11** Effective Date July 11, 2003
- **2003-07-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0180 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec67fa18-375e-45d6-92e4-5b21811bad82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).