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| Bill | VEH CD-CDL-SCHOOL BUS ENDORSED | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language providing that no person may drive a bus that has been chartered for the sole purpose of transporting students regularly enrolled in grade 12 or below to or from interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or school sponsored activities unless the person has a valid school bus driver permit in addition to any other permit or license that is required to operate that bus. Provides that a person may not drive a bus chartered for those purposes that does not meet specified requirements for school buses unless he or she has a commercial driver's license (CDL) with a school bus driver endorsement. Establishes requirements for obtaining a CDL school bus driver endorsement, including certain requirements that also pertain to school bus driver permits. Provides that the requirement of a CDL with a school bus driver endorsement (rather than of a school bus driver permit) does not apply to any bus driver employed by a public transportation provider authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when the bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but is on a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of other fare paying passengers. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 93rd | HB 2840 | Illinois HB 2840 (93rd) |
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enacted | 3 | 43 | 2 | 2003-02-21 | 2003-08-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/9c06bd01-1dde-444b-bece-94270e06b140 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2840&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5403&SessionID=3&GA=93 | 5e4a6f9efdebddc052f209b7496a89d1f48d28cac64960b24385cdb408b68cde | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2840 (93rd) — VEH CD-CDL-SCHOOL BUS ENDORSED
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language providing that no person may drive a bus that has been chartered for the sole purpose of transporting students regularly enrolled in grade 12 or below to or from interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or school sponsored activities unless the person has a valid school bus driver permit in addition to any other permit or license that is required to operate that bus. Provides that a person may not drive a bus chartered for those purposes that does not meet specified requirements for school buses unless he or she has a commercial driver's license (CDL) with a school bus driver endorsement. Establishes requirements for obtaining a CDL school bus driver endorsement, including certain requirements that also pertain to school bus driver permits. Provides that the requirement of a CDL with a school bus driver endorsement (rather than of a school bus driver permit) does not apply to any bus driver employed by a public transportation provider authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when the bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but is on a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of other fare paying passengers.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2003-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
filing - 2003-02-21 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-02-26 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
referral-committee - 2003-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 020-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-03-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
amendment-introduction - 2003-03-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
amendment-introduction - 2003-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
amendment-introduction - 2003-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2003-04-02 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- 2003-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- 2003-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- 2003-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- 2003-04-02 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2003-04-02 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2003-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2003-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-04-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-04-08 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2003-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2003
reading-1 - 2003-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- 2003-04-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-04-09 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-04-16 Assigned to Transportation
referral-committee - 2003-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
amendment-introduction - 2003-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- 2003-04-30 Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- 2003-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-05-06 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-05-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
amendment-failure - 2003-05-13 Passed Both Houses
- 2003-06-11 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2003-08-08 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2003-08-08 Effective Date January 1, 2004
- 2003-08-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0476
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c06bd01-1dde-444b-bece-94270e06b140. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).