---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the minimum mandatory coverage amounts for liability insurance policies in this State and increases the amounts sufficient to satisfy a judgment following a motor vehicle accident as follows: bodily injury or death to any one person from $20,000 to $50,000; bodily injury or death to more than one person from $40,000 to $100,000; and injury or destruction of property of others from $15,000 to $40,000. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1898"
citation: "Illinois SB 1898 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 69
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4212d02-62c7-4772-b25e-d57c2d2682ea"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1898&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73094&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "bd5b8718a855f6ba2e446476b5e826143954dfef91de288667c9a32b5eea09a7"
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 1898 (98th) — TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the minimum mandatory coverage amounts for liability insurance policies in this State and increases the amounts sufficient to satisfy a judgment following a motor vehicle accident as follows: bodily injury or death to any one person from $20,000 to $50,000; bodily injury or death to more than one person from $40,000 to $100,000; and injury or destruction of property of others from $15,000 to $40,000. Effective immediately.

## 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=09800SB1898&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73094&DocNum=1898&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1898eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73094&DocNum=1898&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1898enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73094&DocNum=1898&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–9** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **70–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- André M. Thapedi — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Christian L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Biss — primary (person)
- Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
- Edward J. Acevedo — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Sacia — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Drury — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `filing`
- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2013-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-19** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 014-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2013
- **2013-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2013-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2013-04-29** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2013 `reading-3`
- **2013-04-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2013
- **2013-04-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2013-04-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2013-05-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2013-05-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Daniel Biss `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2013-05-01** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Biss `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Biss `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2013-05-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2013-05-01** Third Reading - Passed; 045-009-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2013-05-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-05-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2013-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2013-05-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2013-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
- **2013-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2013-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2013-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2013-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2013-05-03** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2013-05-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2013-05-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2013-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2013-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
- **2013-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2013-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
- **2013-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2013-05-10** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2013
- **2013-05-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
- **2013-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2013-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-24** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2013
- **2013-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-041-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2013-05-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2013-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2013-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0519 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4212d02-62c7-4772-b25e-d57c2d2682ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).