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Bill	VEHICLE CODE-ABANDONED VEHICLE	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the owner (instead of the driver) of a vehicle is responsible for paying fines, charges, and costs on an abandoned vehicle and may be penalized for failure to do so.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 298	Illinois HB 298 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2003-01-23	2003-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/827f42ae-3e98-4b97-99d3-cb847776ddf6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=298&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=628&SessionID=3&GA=93	e3305cf7cefa0f0e8fb6350ffd1fc83f7cb375f83d2d26eb5831f4a1e5e31305	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 298 (93rd) — VEHICLE CODE-ABANDONED VEHICLE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the owner (instead of the driver) of a vehicle is responsible for paying fines, charges, and costs on an abandoned vehicle and may be penalized for failure to do so.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Poe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Raymond Poe filing
• 2003-01-23 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2003-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-01-29 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 19, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2003-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-24 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2003-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-02 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0086 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/827f42ae-3e98-4b97-99d3-cb847776ddf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).