---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-TRUCK SPEED LIMITS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that speed limits for first and second division vehicles on 4-lane highways outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be uniform. Effective January 1, 2012."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1913"
citation: "Illinois SB 1913 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd34c2f4-987a-4d31-85d8-3ffdc6fe469f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1913&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58075&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "e723999f161bb60a2cd9d48dd8bb9c5c46cae8e32c0275314202d9b96b9b461a"
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 1913 (97th) — VEH CD-TRUCK SPEED LIMITS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that speed limits for first and second division vehicles on 4-lane highways outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be uniform. 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=09700SB1913&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58075&DocNum=1913&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1913eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58075&DocNum=1913&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1913enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58075&DocNum=1913&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adam Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Dwight Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Barickman — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Watson — cosponsor (person)
- JoAnn D. Osmond — cosponsor (person)
- John D. Cavaletto — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bost — cosponsor (person)
- Norine Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Rich Brauer — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Morthland — cosponsor (person)
- Roger L. Eddy — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2011-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2011-03-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2011
- **2011-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2011
- **2011-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2011-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
- **2011-04-27** Do Pass / Standard Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 004-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2011-05-03** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2011-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2011-05-04** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2011-05-06** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. David Reis
- **2011-05-06** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2011-05-06** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 082-029-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-06** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne Rosenthal
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Barickman
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
- **2011-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-27** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0202 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd34c2f4-987a-4d31-85d8-3ffdc6fe469f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).