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Bill	SCH BUS-SEAT SAFETY BELTS	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires, beginning January 1, 2027, each designated seating position in any newly purchased or leased school bus to be equipped with a combination pelvic and upper torso seat safety belt system in good operating condition and meeting all applicable federal standards. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	SB 191	Illinois SB 191 (104th)	bill		enacted	Bob Morgan Julie A. Morrison	5	43	5	2025-01-22	2025-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1a2a8b12-d99b-4d6b-adea-0590f2a2a201	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=191&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=157446&SessionID=114	6fc80bf11e26a816b02ac81a63016ce108ff7d5579c52357fccf31889895b04d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 191 (104th) — SCH BUS-SEAT SAFETY BELTS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires, beginning January 1, 2027, each designated seating position in any newly purchased or leased school bus to be equipped with a combination pelvic and upper torso seat safety belt system in good operating condition and meeting all applicable federal standards. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois. 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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Transportation — 14–3 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 39–13 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 83–27 (pass) · lower
• Education Policy — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Transportation, Amendment 2 — 12–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bob Morgan — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
• Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-22 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison filing
• 2025-01-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-01-22 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-01-28 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
• 2025-03-05 Postponed - Transportation
• 2025-03-19 Do Pass Transportation; 014-003-000
• 2025-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 reading-2
• 2025-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2025-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Transportation
• 2025-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2025-04-11 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
• 2025-04-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2025-04-29 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 30, 2025
• 2025-04-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 012-006-000
• 2025-04-30 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-04-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Morrison amendment-passage
• 2025-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2025-04-30 Third Reading - Passed; 039-013-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2025-04-30 Arrived in House introduction
• 2025-04-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
• 2025-05-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-05-01 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-05-06 Assigned to Education Policy Committee referral-committee
• 2025-05-06 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Education Policy Committee; Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
• 2025-05-06 Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 071-038-000
• 2025-05-07 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
• 2025-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Education Policy Committee; 012-000-000
• 2025-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 083-027-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2025-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2025-08-01 Effective Date August 1, 2025
• 2025-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0075 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a2a8b12-d99b-4d6b-adea-0590f2a2a201. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).