republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-2028.md

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Bill	VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS-ACTIVITY	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each school bus operated by a public or private primary or secondary school transporting students enrolled in grade 12 or below for a school related athletic event or other school approved extracurricular activity shall be registered as a school bus, comply with school bus driver permit requirements, comply with the minimum liability insurance requirements, and comply with all special requirements pertaining to school buses in the Code. Provides that a school bus that operates under the provision may be used to transport passengers other than students if certain conditions are met.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2028	Illinois SB 2028 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2017-02-10	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/72e22ddf-dea5-4499-bf77-c8da006313aa	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2028&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=105485&SessionID=91&GA=100	285b5ea45fc850f4503a0b611ba1a47b352e0c8de2d66e8b7698d3871d858d87	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2028 (100th) — VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS-ACTIVITY

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each school bus operated by a public or private primary or secondary school transporting students enrolled in grade 12 or below for a school related athletic event or other school approved extracurricular activity shall be registered as a school bus, comply with school bus driver permit requirements, comply with the minimum liability insurance requirements, and comply with all special requirements pertaining to school buses in the Code. Provides that a school bus that operates under the provision may be used to transport passengers other than students if certain conditions are met.

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 — 51–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen Skillicorn — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton filing
• 2017-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
• 2017-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2017-03-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-08 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2017
• 2017-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
• 2017-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 051-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-04-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2017-04-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
• 2017-05-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
• 2017-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-22 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 . . . . . . . . . 100-0241 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72e22ddf-dea5-4499-bf77-c8da006313aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).