---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-VEH REGISTRATION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a state's attorney, assistant state's attorney, and state's attorney special investigators may elect to use the address of their place of employment instead of their domicile address when registering a motor vehicle under their name."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4048"
citation: "Illinois HB 4048 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/331c2a5b-cec6-4aa5-9fb3-cbf1166a8256"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4048&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46896&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "9cb538278987947e434021524fbeccef0d6858d1220dee6c4d74c3a6d184bcd1"
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 4048 (96th) — VEH CD-VEH REGISTRATION

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a state's attorney, assistant state's attorney, and state's attorney special investigators may elect to use the address of their place of employment instead of their domicile address when registering a motor vehicle under their name.

## 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=09600HB4048&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46896&DocNum=4048&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4048eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46896&DocNum=4048&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4048enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46896&DocNum=4048&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz `filing`
- **2009-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Vehicles & Safety Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Postponed - Transportation
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- **2009-05-06** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2009-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2009-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2009-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Transportation
- **2009-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Held in Transportation
- **2009-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2009-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2009-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 007-002-001
- **2009-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 010-000-000
- **2009-05-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Withdrawn by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2009-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Withdrawn by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2009-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2009-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 058-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0580 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/331c2a5b-cec6-4aa5-9fb3-cbf1166a8256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).