---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-COMMERCIAL VEHICLES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law in the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides a vehicle that is used (as well as one that is designed) to transport more than 15 persons is a commercial vehicle. Provides that a vehicle used or designed to transport between 9 and 15 persons for direct compensation is a commercial vehicle, if the vehicle is being operated beyond a radius of 75 air miles from the driver's normal work reporting location. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 4833"
citation: "Illinois HB 4833 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-04"
last_action: "2004-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cde15f1-cd4f-4ebe-bc61-dddcbd9dd0e1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4833&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9452&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "1d3a1ba6e28054c455ea4d670470fae6d66a2f227808ea883a16330fdf9dab4e"
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 4833 (93rd) — VEH CD-COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

Amends the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law in the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides a vehicle that is used (as well as one that is designed) to transport more than 15 persons is a commercial vehicle. Provides that a vehicle used or designed to transport between 9 and 15 persons for direct compensation is a commercial vehicle, if the vehicle is being operated beyond a radius of 75 air miles from the driver's normal work reporting location. Effective immediately.

## 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=09300HB4833&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9452&DocNum=4833&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4833eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9452&DocNum=4833&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4833enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9452&DocNum=4833&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Monique D. Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis `filing`
- **2004-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-12** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2004-03-16** Pension Note Filed
- **2004-03-16** State Debt Impact Note Filed
- **2004-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2004-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2004-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2004-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- **2004-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank Aguilar
- **2004-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2004-03-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-25** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Held in Transportation
- **2004-04-28** Do Pass Transportation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2004
- **2004-04-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2004
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2004
- **2004-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0860 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cde15f1-cd4f-4ebe-bc61-dddcbd9dd0e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).