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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	WORD CHANGE: ACCIDENT TO CRASH	Amends various Acts by replacing the term "accident", in relation to automobiles, motor vehicles, and traffic accidents, with the term "crash". Provides that a State agency may exhaust any forms or documents using "accident" prior to printing copies of a new version using "crash". Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 5496	Illinois HB 5496 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Craig Wilcox Tom Weber	5	55	3	2022-01-28	2022-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/54c2a0aa-014e-45d8-85e0-87604457bafb	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5496&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=140021&SessionID=110&GA=102	6b5ddbe8c68bcaeb8f9d354b79c06c5c85ef417878b77395a4e8ba04e51d00fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5496 (102nd) — WORD CHANGE: ACCIDENT TO CRASH

Amends various Acts by replacing the term "accident", in relation to automobiles, motor vehicles, and traffic accidents, with the term "crash". Provides that a State agency may exhaust any forms or documents using "accident" prior to printing copies of a new version using "crash". Effective immediately.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 106–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Craig Wilcox — primary (person)
• Tom Weber — primary (person)
• Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
• Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Bos — cosponsor (person)
• Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Ness — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-28 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Weber filing
• 2022-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2022-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
• 2022-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra Hamilton
• 2022-02-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-16 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
• 2022-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Weber amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-02-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Jacobs
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Bos
• 2022-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
• 2022-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
• 2022-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Craig Wilcox amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2022-03-25 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2022
• 2022-03-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-29 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 30, 2022
• 2022-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2022
• 2022-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
• 2022-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2022-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2022-03-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Tom Weber
• 2022-03-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
• 2022-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 013-000-000
• 2022-04-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 111-000-000
• 2022-04-07 House Concurs
• 2022-04-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-05-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-27 Effective Date July 1, 2023
• 2022-05-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0982 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54c2a0aa-014e-45d8-85e0-87604457bafb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).