---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-REGISTRATION-FED REGS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the registration of a vehicle if the Secretary determines that the owner of the vehicle is in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4657"
citation: "Illinois HB 4657 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-12"
last_action: "2006-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e887440-e4eb-4929-9fd5-6a4b16842db4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4657&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=23041&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "b4e1a24a89a89f223210fcc3c4a11d3fbce864ae8d64df1b8c9e0667e2a54943"
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 4657 (94th) — VEH CD-REGISTRATION-FED REGS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the registration of a vehicle if the Secretary determines that the owner of the vehicle is in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. 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=09400HB4657&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23041&DocNum=4657&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4657eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23041&DocNum=4657&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4657enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23041&DocNum=4657&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Dunkin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-12** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin `filing`
- **2006-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-14** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-14** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2006-02-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 023-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2006-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2006-02-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-24** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 7, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-03-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2006-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
- **2006-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-12** Effective Date May 12, 2006
- **2006-05-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0759 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e887440-e4eb-4929-9fd5-6a4b16842db4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).