republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-3063.md

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Bill	VEH CD-BOAT TRAILER BRAKES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the brakes of a boat trailer with a gross weight of over 3,000 pounds do not have to be operable by the driver of the towing vehicle from its cab. Provides that the brakes must be designed to ensure that, in case of the accidental breakaway of a towed boat trailer over 5,000 pounds, the brakes are automatically applied.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 3063	Illinois HB 3063 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2003-02-26	2003-07-24	openstates	ocd-bill/104d2bde-3c39-4092-94a8-4eefd92c4f0d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3063&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5637&SessionID=3&GA=93	7541960692a59df60171e2df34bf3b2164a86888a6d271f9fd7198eba8c517eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3063 (93rd) — VEH CD-BOAT TRAILER BRAKES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the brakes of a boat trailer with a gross weight of over 3,000 pounds do not have to be operable by the driver of the towing vehicle from its cab. Provides that the brakes must be designed to ensure that, in case of the accidental breakaway of a towed boat trailer over 5,000 pounds, the brakes are automatically applied.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 77–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carole Pankau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carole Pankau filing
• 2003-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 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 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-027-010 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-24 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2003-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-27 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
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-24 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0344 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/104d2bde-3c39-4092-94a8-4eefd92c4f0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).