---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-VISUAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a motor vehicle equipped with visual media technology other than a navigational system (rather than a motor vehicle equipped with a television receiver) may not be operated on a highway if the viewer or screen is located where it is visible from the driver's seat and is activated. Effective January 1, 2006."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 960"
citation: "Illinois HB 960 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-03"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c16715b4-9c15-4a38-a60c-464ba8745cf8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=960&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15622&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "b1b80ab6911593adf1b6fe452be44f52348ee7421859790cec2e012f4285d355"
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 960 (94th) — VEH CD-VISUAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a motor vehicle equipped with visual media technology other than a navigational system (rather than a motor vehicle equipped with a television receiver) may not be operated on a highway if the viewer or screen is located where it is visible from the driver's seat and is activated. Effective January 1, 2006.

## 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=09400HB0960&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15622&DocNum=960&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0960eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15622&DocNum=960&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0960enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15622&DocNum=960&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Antonia Berrios — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios `filing`
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
- **2005-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2005-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 027-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2005-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2005-03-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Transportation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0185 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c16715b4-9c15-4a38-a60c-464ba8745cf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).