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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-SCHOOLBUS-IDENTIFCATION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that whenever a school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of the school or religious organization which owns the bus or whenever a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district discards a school bus through sale or donation, the \"SCHOOL BUS\" signs and any other insignia or words indicating that the vehicle is a school bus shall be removed, covered, or concealed, the stop signal arm and flashing signal system shall not be operable through normal controls, and the bus shall be painted a color different from the colors required for a school bus under the Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3293"
citation: "Illinois HB 3293 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ee04c25-fc2c-4eee-9837-9fa35b2fe2e6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3293&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105016&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "2c37f530ba726d2d27dcc8eb6c769bbdd5b090446b5bb0317629fbf2c0ce4414"
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 3293 (100th) — VEH CD-SCHOOLBUS-IDENTIFCATION
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that whenever a school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of the school or religious organization which owns the bus or whenever a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district discards a school bus through sale or donation, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other insignia or words indicating that the vehicle is a school bus shall be removed, covered, or concealed, the stop signal arm and flashing signal system shall not be operable through normal controls, and the bus shall be painted a color different from the colors required for a school bus under the Code.
## 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=10000HB3293&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105016&DocNum=3293&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3293eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105016&DocNum=3293&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3293enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105016&DocNum=3293&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **3810** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **7837** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Sue Scherer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Do Pass / Standard Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 005-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2017-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2017-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2017-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David B. Reis
- **2017-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2017-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2017-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2017-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2017-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2017-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
- **2017-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 007-002-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2017-04-27** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 078-037-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 3, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-05-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2017-05-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Waive Posting Notice
- **2017-05-29** Postponed - State Government
- **2017-05-30** Waive Posting Notice
- **2017-05-30** Do Pass State Government; 005-002-001 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2017-05-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 31, 2017
- **2017-05-31** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-31** Third Reading - Passed; 038-010-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-22** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0277 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ee04c25-fc2c-4eee-9837-9fa35b2fe2e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).