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type: "Bill"
title: "GOLD STAR PLATES-FAMILY MEMBER"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "Illinois HB 20 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian W. Stewart", "Sue Scherer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/079ee431-7671-46f3-af35-bf9f33f5372d"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=20&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=127831&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "1c14ceb799be556b42f54e7812508097c1a4363614f1d504171f53757a12e562"
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 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](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0020.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0020eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0020ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0020enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/079ee431-7671-46f3-af35-bf9f33f5372d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).