---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISABILITY DECALS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In Section on special decals for parking and persons with disabilities, revises cross-reference to the definition of \"persons with disabilities\" with respect to a temporary disability. Provides that exemptions from parking fees for disabled persons shall only apply to metered street parking and not to public parking structures or areas. Requires an application for a meter exempt decal to provide evidence of permanent disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1929"
citation: "Illinois SB 1929 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74e9936a-8dd7-4676-a8d1-889ba11e5137"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1929&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=73402&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "2896f0521ff98496aa8bbcf64de87918c30057bfa01fd6a24c0632bfb3de3c05"
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 1929 (98th) — DISABILITY DECALS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In Section on special decals for parking and persons with disabilities, revises cross-reference to the definition of "persons with disabilities" with respect to a temporary disability. Provides that exemptions from parking fees for disabled persons shall only apply to metered street parking and not to public parking structures or areas. Requires an application for a meter exempt decal to provide evidence of permanent disability.

## 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=09800SB1929&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73402&DocNum=1929&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1929eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73402&DocNum=1929&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1929enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=73402&DocNum=1929&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **46–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Napoleon Harris, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III `filing`
- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Postponed - Transportation
- **2013-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-15** 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; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2013
- **2013-04-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 17, 2013
- **2013-04-17** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2013-04-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
- **2013-04-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2013-04-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
- **2013-04-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2013-04-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2013-04-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2013-04-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2013-04-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2013-04-17** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
- **2013-04-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2013-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2013-04-24** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-05-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
- **2013-05-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-17** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2013-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 20, 2013
- **2013-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Napoleon Harris, III `filing`
- **2013-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Transportation; 010-002-001
- **2013-05-30** Sponsor Removed Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2013-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 046-008-001
- **2013-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0577 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74e9936a-8dd7-4676-a8d1-889ba11e5137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).