republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-92.md

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Bill	VEH CD-FLEEING POLICE-PENALTY	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalty for fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony. Increases the penalty for a third of subsequent violation from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Increases the penalty for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Increases the penalty for a second or subsequent violation from a Class 3 to a Class 2 felony. Provides that the termination of a pursuit of a fleeing vehicle by a peace officer for safety reasons shall be considered fresh pursuit of the driver or operator of a motor vehicle if a peace officer resumes the pursuit of the driver or operator of the motor vehicle within 24 hours after the officer terminated the pursuit for safety reasons.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 92	Illinois HB 92 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2003-01-07	2003-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/a05255a5-337d-482e-ba6f-be862809e682	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=92&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=237&SessionID=3&GA=93	be9380a719be1b4cc93279805a09f1a58d653df71ba3df6d6994d6059f4835e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 92 (93rd) — VEH CD-FLEEING POLICE-PENALTY

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalty for fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony. Increases the penalty for a third of subsequent violation from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Increases the penalty for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer from a Class 4 to a Class 3 felony. Increases the penalty for a second or subsequent violation from a Class 3 to a Class 2 felony. Provides that the termination of a pursuit of a fleeing vehicle by a peace officer for safety reasons shall be considered fresh pursuit of the driver or operator of a motor vehicle if a peace officer resumes the pursuit of the driver or operator of the motor vehicle within 24 hours after the officer terminated the pursuit for safety reasons.

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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James T. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-07 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz filing
• 2003-01-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-01-09 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2003-01-09 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
• 2003-01-23 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-01-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2003-02-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2003-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Dunn
• 2003-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2003-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-02-28 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2003-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2003-03-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2003-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-27 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
• 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
• 2003-05-19 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2003-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-10 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0120 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a05255a5-337d-482e-ba6f-be862809e682. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).