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Bill	VEH CD-POLICE&FIRE VEHS-SIREN	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Reinforces that a vehicle operated by a fire chief, a chief of police of a municipality, a sheriff of a county, or a chief emergency medical services officer may be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 3469	Illinois HB 3469 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2017-02-10	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/f1842ad3-5ed8-481f-957f-c62cb81ad1e9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3469&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105283&SessionID=91&GA=100	4ded182d690a303cb353663d4242a81fd62d24cddebe6c2937e5c8c255f6412d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3469 (100th) — VEH CD-POLICE&FIRE VEHS-SIREN

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Reinforces that a vehicle operated by a fire chief, a chief of police of a municipality, a sheriff of a county, or a chief emergency medical services officer may be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thomas M. Bennett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett filing
• 2017-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
• 2017-03-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-03-22 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2017-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
• 2017-03-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
• 2017-03-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2017-03-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
• 2017-03-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2017-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2017-04-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Postponed - Transportation
• 2017-05-09 Do Pass Transportation; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
• 2017-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0182 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1842ad3-5ed8-481f-957f-c62cb81ad1e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).