---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-LOW-SPEED VEHICLES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires low-speed vehicles to meet certain minimum equipment requirements for street operation. Provides that owners of low-speed vehicles that may be operated upon a highway shall secure a certificate of title and display valid registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1899"
citation: "Illinois SB 1899 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43362825-5008-4867-ad42-cf77f255c5e0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1899&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88771&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "a712103a9b8d5d325935f5c46bb235ad9021414cef7106a8a8c6d781f58bd06a"
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 1899 (99th) — VEH CD-LOW-SPEED VEHICLES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires low-speed vehicles to meet certain minimum equipment requirements for street operation. Provides that owners of low-speed vehicles that may be operated upon a highway shall secure a certificate of title and display valid registration.

## 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=09900SB1899&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88771&DocNum=1899&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1899eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88771&DocNum=1899&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1899enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88771&DocNum=1899&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Do Pass Transportation; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015
- **2015-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2015-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2015-05-04** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-08** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
- **2015-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
- **2015-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0401 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43362825-5008-4867-ad42-cf77f255c5e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).