republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-20.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	GOLD STAR PLATES-FAMILY MEMBER	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the requirement that an applicant for a Gold Star license plate shall be charged a registration fee. Provides that no registration fee for a Gold Star license plates shall be required from a surviving widow, widower, sibling, daughter, son, or parent of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and lost his or her life while in service whether in peacetime or war.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 20	Illinois HB 20 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Brian W. Stewart Sue Scherer	4	44	2	2021-01-13	2021-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/079ee431-7671-46f3-af35-bf9f33f5372d	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=20&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=127831&SessionID=110&GA=102	1c14ceb799be556b42f54e7812508097c1a4363614f1d504171f53757a12e562	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 20 (102nd) — GOLD STAR PLATES-FAMILY MEMBER

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the requirement that an applicant for a Gold Star license plate shall be charged a registration fee. Provides that no registration fee for a Gold Star license plates shall be required from a surviving widow, widower, sibling, daughter, son, or parent of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and lost his or her life while in service whether in peacetime or war.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian W. Stewart — primary (person)
• Sue Scherer — primary (person)
• Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Craig Wilcox — cosponsor (person)
• Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
• Randy E. Frese — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer filing
• 2021-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2021-01-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2021-01-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
• 2021-02-23 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sue Scherer amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
• 2021-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2021-04-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2021-04-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
• 2021-04-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2021-04-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
• 2021-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
• 2021-04-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2021-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 20, 2021 reading-1
• 2021-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
• 2021-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
• 2021-05-19 Do Pass Transportation; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
• 2021-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2021
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
• 2021-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-07-23 Effective Date January 1, 2022
• 2021-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0106 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/079ee431-7671-46f3-af35-bf9f33f5372d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).