---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-RAIL CARRIERS-1ST AID"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all passenger trains, engines, and vehicles operated by a contract carrier transporting railroad employees in the course of their employment shall contain a first aid kit that contains, at a minimum, those articles described in the most recent American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z308.1 as recommended by Appendix A to 29 C.F.R. Section 1910.151, for first aid to persons who may be injured."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1573"
citation: "Illinois HB 1573 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc22b66c-cac4-4865-b772-4ff1d7b55b48"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1573&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58724&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "3e31ffa7908df696bbed112031c0ba7071905db699a6efcf7448e511dd735cfc"
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 1573 (97th) — VEH CD-RAIL CARRIERS-1ST AID

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all passenger trains, engines, and vehicles operated by a contract carrier transporting railroad employees in the course of their employment shall contain a first aid kit that contains, at a minimum, those articles described in the most recent American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z308.1 as recommended by Appendix A to 29 C.F.R. Section 1910.151, for first aid to persons who may be injured.

## 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=09700HB1573&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58724&DocNum=1573&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1573eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58724&DocNum=1573&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1573enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58724&DocNum=1573&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
- M. Maggie Crotty — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `filing`
- **2011-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2011-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2011-03-02** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2011-03-02** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2011-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2011-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2011-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2011-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2011-03-03** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee
- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2011-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2011-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2011-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2011-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2011-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2011-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2011-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2011-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2011-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2011-04-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2011-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0374 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc22b66c-cac4-4865-b772-4ff1d7b55b48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).