---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-NO INS-PETTY OFFENSE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person convicted of operating a motor vehicle without an insurance policy shall be guilty of a petty offense (rather than a business offense), unless the person has been convicted of this same offense 3 or more times."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 5723"
citation: "Illinois HB 5723 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-10"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/816b02e8-1268-42b3-a512-2e0ecc2b2faa"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5723&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95177&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "2e8ba494f04fa2a626e49badf851e3a328c7d46ecca8e776d639d558965a24b8"
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 5723 (99th) — VEH CD-NO INS-PETTY OFFENSE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person convicted of operating a motor vehicle without an insurance policy shall be guilty of a petty offense (rather than a business offense), unless the person has been convicted of this same offense 3 or more times.

## 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=09900HB5723&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95177&DocNum=5723&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5723eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95177&DocNum=5723&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5723enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95177&DocNum=5723&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **64–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2016-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-045-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2016-04-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2016-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2016-05-04** Postponed - Criminal Law
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
- **2016-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2016
- **2016-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0613 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/816b02e8-1268-42b3-a512-2e0ecc2b2faa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).