---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILD SAFETY COURSE FORMS"
description: "Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that upon completion of a child passenger safety instructional course to the satisfaction of the technician conducting the course, the technician shall issue a letter of completion printed on a form or in a manner required by the Illinois Department of Transportation (rather than on the technician's letterhead). Effective January 1, 2012."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1222"
citation: "Illinois HB 1222 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48f77f79-cc65-47a0-9b14-b987568a05d5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1222&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57181&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "4940cb50be24aefc776c464b906480ad19911a4de4831c375d3301adb6871760"
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 1222 (97th) — CHILD SAFETY COURSE FORMS

Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that upon completion of a child passenger safety instructional course to the satisfaction of the technician conducting the course, the technician shall issue a letter of completion printed on a form or in a manner required by the Illinois Department of Transportation (rather than on the technician's letterhead). Effective January 1, 2012.

## 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=09700HB1222&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57181&DocNum=1222&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1222eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57181&DocNum=1222&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1222enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=57181&DocNum=1222&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-14** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
- **2011-03-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-28** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48f77f79-cc65-47a0-9b14-b987568a05d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).