---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-MOTOR CARRIER RULES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adopts federal motor carrier safety regulations regarding: drug, alcohol, and controlled substances testing; training requirements; financial responsibility; and transportation of hazardous materials. Provides that violators of motor carrier safety regulations are subject to a civil penalty prescribed by federal regulations (rather than a civil penalty of no more than $5,000). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1387"
citation: "Illinois HB 1387 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-09"
last_action: "2005-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db62ec9-b777-4b41-aeae-187050184cb2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1387&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16164&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "91a1a9d6f3955f026710052812775852d67fe05e8988d7d62323910c87c9eb6f"
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 HB 1387 (94th) — VEH CD-MOTOR CARRIER RULES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adopts federal motor carrier safety regulations regarding: drug, alcohol, and controlled substances testing; training requirements; financial responsibility; and transportation of hazardous materials. Provides that violators of motor carrier safety regulations are subject to a civil penalty prescribed by federal regulations (rather than a civil penalty of no more than $5,000). 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=09400HB1387&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16164&DocNum=1387&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1387eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16164&DocNum=1387&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1387enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16164&DocNum=1387&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. McCarthy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy `filing`
- **2005-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 027-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 2, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2005-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2005-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-19** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Jacobs `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2005-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 021-003-000
- **2005-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-001
- **2005-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2005
- **2005-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0519 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1db62ec9-b777-4b41-aeae-187050184cb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).