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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-BOAT TRAILER BRAKES"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3063"
citation: "Illinois HB 3063 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/104d2bde-3c39-4092-94a8-4eefd92c4f0d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3063&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5637&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "7541960692a59df60171e2df34bf3b2164a86888a6d271f9fd7198eba8c517eb"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3063&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5637&DocNum=3063&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3063eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5637&DocNum=3063&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3063enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5637&DocNum=3063&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **7727** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/104d2bde-3c39-4092-94a8-4eefd92c4f0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).