---
type: "Bill"
title: "NEW VEHICLE PROTECT-FIRE TRUCK"
description: "Amends the New Vehicle Buyer Protection Act. Includes vehicles purchased by a fire department, fire protection district, or township fire department in the definition of \"vehicle\" and includes a fire department, fire protection district, or township fire department in the definition of \"consumer\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2422"
citation: "Illinois SB 2422 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e662a474-0da6-4c8a-a109-f5176d414d05"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2422&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36439&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "0c2ff99225427f28316a3b785c4e3efdd5d0b6a37020c8cc4e1c74b1cb6f7123"
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 2422 (95th) — NEW VEHICLE PROTECT-FIRE TRUCK

Amends the New Vehicle Buyer Protection Act. Includes vehicles purchased by a fire department, fire protection district, or township fire department in the definition of "vehicle" and includes a fire department, fire protection district, or township fire department in the definition of "consumer".

## 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=09500SB2422&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36439&DocNum=2422&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2422eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36439&DocNum=2422&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2422enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36439&DocNum=2422&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-27** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-06** Held in Local Government
- **2008-03-12** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2008
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2008
- **2008-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2008-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-09** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0802 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e662a474-0da6-4c8a-a109-f5176d414d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).