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Bill	SPEC PLATES-POLICE/FIREFIGHTER	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that children and stepchildren, in addition to the spouse and parents, of a police officer or firefighter who has died in the line of duty may be issued special license plates.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 1894	Illinois SB 1894 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2019-02-15	2019-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/5533ea32-279c-466a-949b-2593b8646a5f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1894&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=119649&SessionID=108&GA=101	440dc0905a705da6e4629a1c7527c722a197206039c4e1573b7718193411c480	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1894 (101st) — SPEC PLATES-POLICE/FIREFIGHTER

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that children and stepchildren, in addition to the spouse and parents, of a police officer or firefighter who has died in the line of duty may be issued special license plates.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)
• Blaine Wilhour — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Welter — cosponsor (person)
• Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Sosnowski — cosponsor (person)
• John C. D'Amico — cosponsor (person)
• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Cabello — primary (person)
• Kambium Buckner — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
• Luis Arroyo — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Conyears-Ervin — cosponsor (person)
• Michael D. Unes — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Butler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz filing
• 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 Do Pass Transportation; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
• 2019-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2019
• 2019-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2019-04-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2019-04-04 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-04 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2019-04-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2019-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Blaine Wilhour
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
• 2019-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner
• 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
• 2019-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2019-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0358 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5533ea32-279c-466a-949b-2593b8646a5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).