---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-POLICE VEHICLE SALES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, before ownership of a police vehicle is transferred to any person or entity other than a law enforcement agency, any marking identifying the vehicle as a police vehicle must be removed completely."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 136"
citation: "Illinois HB 136 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-09"
last_action: "2003-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1e2f4ef-fc23-4f16-b640-017b87e4eb57"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=136&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=343&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "d47879d3d263b1ac2bfe226786c3c78030861953fdc072d7b7a8f8a5f52f8e6f"
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 136 (93rd) — VEH CD-POLICE VEHICLE SALES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, before ownership of a police vehicle is transferred to any person or entity other than a law enforcement agency, any marking identifying the vehicle as a police vehicle must be removed completely.

## 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=09300HB0136&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=343&DocNum=136&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0136eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=343&DocNum=136&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0136enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=343&DocNum=136&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Soto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `filing`
- **2003-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-23** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2003-02-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-20** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-20** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2003-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2003-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2003-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-26** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-04** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-04** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2003-03-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-008-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 27, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2003-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-12** Filed Without Signature
- **2003-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0513 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1e2f4ef-fc23-4f16-b640-017b87e4eb57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).