---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSPORTATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duty of a commercial motor vehicle driver to report certain information to a potential employer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 5506"
citation: "Illinois HB 5506 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2006-01-27"
last_action: "2006-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/394a21da-3884-4620-b69c-0667077f6931"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5506&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=24787&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "d6d84bc29bcbb32c6e7d254ed3efdee3e994e77f59b64e2153ffbea30e12a1d2"
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 5506 (94th) — TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duty of a commercial motor vehicle driver to report certain information to a potential employer.

## 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=09400HB5506&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24787&DocNum=5506&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB5506eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24787&DocNum=5506&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB5506enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=24787&DocNum=5506&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **97–9** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Art Tenhouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `filing`
- **2006-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2006-02-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-28** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Art Tenhouse
- **2006-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Art Tenhouse `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
- **2006-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 025-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2006-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-009-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 8, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2006-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-24** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 009-000-000
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 009-000-000
- **2006-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Sullivan `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Sullivan `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2006-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1,2
- **2006-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Art Tenhouse
- **2006-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Art Tenhouse
- **2006-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-000
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 113-000-000
- **2006-04-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-05-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-27** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-06-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0949 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/394a21da-3884-4620-b69c-0667077f6931`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).