---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD- INSTRUCTOR DL REQ"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if, to qualify for a license as an instructor for a driving school, it is required to obtain a set amount of practice hours driving, then, if the applicant holds a temporary license, the time spent driving under a temporary license shall count towards the set amount of practice hours."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 3125"
citation: "Illinois HB 3125 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.", "Karina Villa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a46c6c29-4283-4403-8a3c-a5df807e5442"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3125&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=161512&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "e6c256d601e1cab484487c3f49e39b1c042001cd1ccb88f44beb493b74c5e640"
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 3125 (104th) — VEH CD- INSTRUCTOR DL REQ

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if, to qualify for a license as an instructor for a driving school, it is required to obtain a set amount of practice hours driving, then, if the applicant holds a temporary license, the time spent driving under a temporary license shall count towards the set amount of practice hours.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3125.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3125eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3125ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3125ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3125enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Transportation: Vehicles & Safety, Amendment 2 — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **75–38** (pass) · lower
- Transportation: Vehicles & Safety — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–20** (pass) · upper
- Transportation — **13–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — primary (person)
- Karina Villa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `filing`
- **2025-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 008-004-000
- **2025-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
- **2025-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 008-004-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-038-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2025-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-13** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
- **2025-05-13** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Do Pass Transportation; 013-005-000
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 21, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2025
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 037-020-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0275 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a46c6c29-4283-4403-8a3c-a5df807e5442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).