---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIQUOR-DRIVER LICENSE SUSPEND"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 3131"
citation: "Illinois HB 3131 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-26"
last_action: "2007-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8eb4239-5018-4e61-811e-ed43993885fc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3131&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32002&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "9ca714a1bb8a2163d733d199ec3817a20c76a23976a4222ae73daecf3349f6c8"
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 3131 (95th) — LIQUOR-DRIVER LICENSE SUSPEND

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

## 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=09500HB3131&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32002&DocNum=3131&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3131eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32002&DocNum=3131&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3131enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32002&DocNum=3131&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Cross — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `filing`
- **2007-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
- **2007-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
- **2007-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2007-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2007-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Drivers Education & Safety Committee
- **2007-04-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2007-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2007-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Drivers Education & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2007-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2007-04-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Tom Cross
- **2007-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2007-04-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2007-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `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** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2007-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-05-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **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 . . . . . . . . . 95-0166 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8eb4239-5018-4e61-811e-ed43993885fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).