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type: "Bill"
title: "SCH BUS-SEAT SAFETY BELTS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Illinois SB 191 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Morgan", "Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a2a8b12-d99b-4d6b-adea-0590f2a2a201"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=191&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=157446&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "6fc80bf11e26a816b02ac81a63016ce108ff7d5579c52357fccf31889895b04d"
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 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](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0191.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0191eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0191sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0191sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0191enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Transportation — **143** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **3913** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **8327** (pass) · lower
- Education Policy — **120** (pass) · lower
- Transportation, Amendment 2 — **126** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a2a8b12-d99b-4d6b-adea-0590f2a2a201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).