---
type: "Bill"
title: "REC TRAILS-OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE"
description: "REC TRAILS-OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "Illinois HB 544 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-01T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-07-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a114c3a-7c87-4c68-95a7-098007d90bab"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "97c0fe61ea884d1f54dc9f0d50cae6bd95db2e7a748e31667403765b59610e02"
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 544 (92nd) — REC TRAILS-OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0544LV.html)

## Sponsors

- MITCHELL,BILL — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CONSRV & LAND `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 006-001-000 HCLU
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO MITCHELL,BILL
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO RIGHTER
- **2001-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MITCHELL,BILL
- **2001-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MITCHELL,BILL
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO HCLU
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MITCHELL,BILL
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HCLU/005-000-001
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MITCHELL,BILL
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-30
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC & CON `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SAGR
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-04-26
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-03
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-07T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-07-24
- **2001-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0134

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a114c3a-7c87-4c68-95a7-098007d90bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).