---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-KOREAN SERVICE PLATES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for issuance of Korean Service license plates to qualified applicants, at an additional initial charge of $15. Provides that $13 of the additional initial charge shall go to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that $2 of the initial charge shall go to the Korean War Memorial Construction Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 2783"
citation: "Illinois HB 2783 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-26"
last_action: "2007-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a87ccd34-b56d-484e-8bf6-9326ad165cb0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2783&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=31564&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "cbeb01a12dcd48055d36116ba7fd545979026c59451fd08840420b727fa3639e"
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 2783 (95th) — VEH CD-KOREAN SERVICE PLATES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for issuance of Korean Service license plates to qualified applicants, at an additional initial charge of $15. Provides that $13 of the additional initial charge shall go to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that $2 of the initial charge shall go to the Korean War Memorial Construction Fund.

## 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=09500HB2783&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=31564&DocNum=2783&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB2783eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=31564&DocNum=2783&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB2783enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=31564&DocNum=2783&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **50–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith P. Sommer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer `filing`
- **2007-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2007-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-30** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 050-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0162 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a87ccd34-b56d-484e-8bf6-9326ad165cb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).