---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD & SCHL CD-ATTEND SCHOOL"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the School Code. Provides, beginning August 1, 2005, with certain exceptions, for the cancellation of or refusal to issue a driver's license for failure of an unmarried person under 18 years of age to maintain school attendance. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1463"
citation: "Illinois HB 1463 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 61
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-10"
last_action: "2006-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe2fcabf-3024-47d9-af37-1dc5d3a8ba95"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1463&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16263&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "997c2fea67821cfaac49d5cff2149daa6d33635ba82652edb45c6e4ccdfdddfd"
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 1463 (94th) — VEH CD & SCHL CD-ATTEND SCHOOL

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the School Code. Provides, beginning August 1, 2005, with certain exceptions, for the cancellation of or refusal to issue a driver's license for failure of an unmarried person under 18 years of age to maintain school attendance. 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=09400HB1463&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16263&DocNum=1463&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1463eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16263&DocNum=1463&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1463enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16263&DocNum=1463&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Flider — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider `filing`
- **2005-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2005-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2005-03-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
- **2005-03-02** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-03-02** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2005-03-02** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ruth Munson
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2005-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; by Voice Vote `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-06** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-07** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-07** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert F. Flider `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2005-04-12** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2005-04-12** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2005-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2005-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2005-04-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 19, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2005-04-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2005-05-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-05-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-01** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
- **2006-03-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2006-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
- **2006-03-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cheryl Axley
- **2006-03-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2006-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2006-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2006-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-26** Effective Date July 1, 2007
- **2006-06-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0916 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe2fcabf-3024-47d9-af37-1dc5d3a8ba95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).