---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "Illinois SB 248 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-03"
last_action: "2005-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cda178c-d841-4ac0-ac17-8edd65f9c812"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=248&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15476&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "11ddc73114c318c5c642c331c6e040d0a409d25449eef9afbcf41bea7e749831"
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 248 (94th) — TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=09400SB0248&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15476&DocNum=248&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0248eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15476&DocNum=248&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0248enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15476&DocNum=248&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George P. Shadid — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
- **2005-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Do Pass Transportation; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Transportation; 006-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2005-04-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Shadid `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-05** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-013-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2005
- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0470 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cda178c-d841-4ac0-ac17-8edd65f9c812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).