---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-PURPLE HRT PLT-SPOUSES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person killed in a foreign war and awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States is eligible to be issued Purple Heart license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 386"
citation: "Illinois HB 386 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-25"
last_action: "2005-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18fadeb9-b940-4d62-ac0c-03c11b73fa46"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=386&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14634&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "d6a726e02548f9ef761a7fa7dac8bda51f5431e157e5f1b44c717346cd9a2e61"
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 386 (94th) — VEH CD-PURPLE HRT PLT-SPOUSES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person killed in a foreign war and awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States is eligible to be issued Purple Heart license plates.

## 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=09400HB0386&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14634&DocNum=386&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0386eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14634&DocNum=386&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0386enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14634&DocNum=386&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Link — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman `filing`
- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-02** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-09** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2005-02-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2005-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2005-02-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2005-02-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 24, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-01** Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2005-04-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Transportation; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-01** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0093 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18fadeb9-b940-4d62-ac0c-03c11b73fa46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).