---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-NO PHONE IN SCHOOL ZONE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone in a school speed zone or a construction or maintenance speed zone, except for a person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance project for which a construction or maintenance speed zone has been established when the person is using a wireless telephone in furtherance of that project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Illinois HB 72 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-01-09"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aabb211c-fbb8-488c-960a-40789eb1af1a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=72&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40057&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "030be2fb2a5ad5aed22542456b3e6d4f668b54366f341b9e2f902636f4a537ba"
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 72 (96th) — VEH CD-NO PHONE IN SCHOOL ZONE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone in a school speed zone or a construction or maintenance speed zone, except for a person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance project for which a construction or maintenance speed zone has been established when the person is using a wireless telephone in furtherance of that project.

## 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=09600HB0072&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40057&DocNum=72&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0072eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40057&DocNum=72&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0072enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40057&DocNum=72&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **96–21** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **90–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John D'Amico — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-09** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. John D'Amico `filing`
- **2009-01-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2009-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-01-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2009-01-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-05** Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2009-02-05** Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2009-02-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Vehicles & Safety Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- **2009-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2009-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2009-02-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John D'Amico `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-02-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John D'Amico `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-02-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2009-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2009-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-024-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2009-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2009-04-29** Held in Transportation
- **2009-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 032-016-007 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-19** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. John D'Amico
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Vehicles & Safety Committee; 005-000-000
- **2009-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 096-021-000
- **2009-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0131 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aabb211c-fbb8-488c-960a-40789eb1af1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).