---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-PUBLIC SCHOOL HIGHWAYS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Includes highways on public school property in the classification of non-designated highways. Requires vehicles to stop before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus stopped on a public school highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2835"
citation: "Illinois SB 2835 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d11e10f1-806d-425b-88a0-053f58d6dc2f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2835&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96147&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "a7702fd31e77b9789fa00ba98b4a20f92e15b6376e9a5ad594f8affa47e2cb0a"
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 2835 (99th) — VEH CD-PUBLIC SCHOOL HIGHWAYS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Includes highways on public school property in the classification of non-designated highways. Requires vehicles to stop before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus stopped on a public school highway.

## 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=09900SB2835&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96147&DocNum=2835&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2835eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96147&DocNum=2835&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2835enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96147&DocNum=2835&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andy Manar — primary (person)
- Deb Conroy — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andy Manar `filing`
- **2016-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-01** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** Do Pass Transportation; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 5, 2016
- **2016-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Andy Manar `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 19, 2016
- **2016-04-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2016-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 018-000-000
- **2016-04-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Manar `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2016-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
- **2016-05-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
- **2016-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2016-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2016-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2016-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2016-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2016-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2016-05-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2016-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0740 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d11e10f1-806d-425b-88a0-053f58d6dc2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).