---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-9 MEMORIAL LICENSE PLATES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund. Allows the Secretary of State to issue Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Plates. Charges $40 for the issuance of these plates, $25 of which will go to the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund and $15 of which will go the Secretary of State Special License Fund. Charges $27 for renewal, $25 of which will go to the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund and $2 of which will go to the Secretary of State Police Special License Fund. Allows distribution of money in the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund to the Northern Illinois Police K-9 Memorial for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a police K-9 memorial monument. Makes a corresponding change in the State Finance Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 198"
citation: "Illinois HB 198 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-23"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c59e47a3-2f23-4744-9602-0501a9c332b8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=198&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=69529&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "23f9b40ad8948849251f6f9a69648384e139ae439df78e2af0e2d69ea7a779b3"
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 198 (98th) — K-9 MEMORIAL LICENSE PLATES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund. Allows the Secretary of State to issue Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Plates. Charges $40 for the issuance of these plates, $25 of which will go to the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund and $15 of which will go the Secretary of State Special License Fund. Charges $27 for renewal, $25 of which will go to the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund and $2 of which will go to the Secretary of State Police Special License Fund. Allows distribution of money in the Illinois Police K-9 Memorial Fund to the Northern Illinois Police K-9 Memorial for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a police K-9 memorial monument. Makes a corresponding change in the State Finance Act.

## 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=09800HB0198&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=69529&DocNum=198&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0198eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=69529&DocNum=198&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0198enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=69529&DocNum=198&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JoAnn D. Osmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond `filing`
- **2013-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-04** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-02-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2013-03-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2013-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2013-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
- **2013-05-08** Do Pass Transportation; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
- **2013-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
- **2013-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0360 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c59e47a3-2f23-4744-9602-0501a9c332b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).