---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-RELIGIOUS ORG-DRIVER"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may grant a waiver to the requirement that religious organization bus drivers hold a valid driver's license for 3 years prior to the date of application if there was a break of 30 days or less in holding a valid driver's license during that 3 year period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 3685"
citation: "Illinois HB 3685 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-09-27"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a7dcf41-11bf-445d-b7a6-0ac1f803e0a4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3685&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=77071&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "71f069d6adc66cec0a2a7b4d39985a1215f09a08a1dd3be1b348c083557a19e6"
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 3685 (98th) — VEH CD-RELIGIOUS ORG-DRIVER

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may grant a waiver to the requirement that religious organization bus drivers hold a valid driver's license for 3 years prior to the date of application if there was a break of 30 days or less in holding a valid driver's license during that 3 year period.

## 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=09800HB3685&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=77071&DocNum=3685&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB3685eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=77071&DocNum=3685&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB3685enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=77071&DocNum=3685&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-09-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `filing`
- **2013-10-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-10-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
- **2014-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2014-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-13** Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2014
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0884 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a7dcf41-11bf-445d-b7a6-0ac1f803e0a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).