---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-HAND & ARM-DISABILITIES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Includes, in the definition of \"person with disabilities\", a person who is missing a hand or arm or has permanently lost the use of a hand or arm. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Illinois HB 30 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-12-05"
last_action: "2007-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5ae045e-37b0-419e-9577-1f79c3828514"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=30&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26623&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "4a967419c46cd47d853a8e21f3b756a8803b3843aa988a3bc6b258135605271d"
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 30 (95th) — VEH CD-HAND & ARM-DISABILITIES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Includes, in the definition of "person with disabilities", a person who is missing a hand or arm or has permanently lost the use of a hand or arm. 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=09500HB0030&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26623&DocNum=30&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0030eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26623&DocNum=30&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0030enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26623&DocNum=30&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brent Hassert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-05** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Brent Hassert `filing`
- **2007-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- **2007-02-28** Re-assigned to Disability Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Disability Services Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2007-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-28** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Postponed - Transportation
- **2007-05-02** Postponed - Transportation
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Transportation; 008-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2007
- **2007-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0186 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5ae045e-37b0-419e-9577-1f79c3828514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).