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Bill	VEH CD-SECRET COMPARTMENTS	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the removal of a false or secret compartment from a motor vehicle, or the promise to do so, shall not be the basis for a defense to forfeiture of the motor vehicle under the Criminal Code of 1961 and shall not be the basis for the court to release the vehicle to the owner. Increases the penalty for owning or operating a motor vehicle with the knowledge that it contains a false or secret compartment from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 1175	Illinois SB 1175 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2003-02-20	2003-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/31ecd773-eef8-49ce-80a6-c9514861abfa	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1175&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4102&SessionID=3&GA=93	ff146a3528670f4560b9dde363046afda80a1d5d622b749989bb6bffd340a682	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1175 (93rd) — VEH CD-SECRET COMPARTMENTS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the removal of a false or secret compartment from a motor vehicle, or the promise to do so, shall not be the basis for a defense to forfeiture of the motor vehicle under the Criminal Code of 1961 and shall not be the basis for the court to release the vehicle to the owner. Increases the penalty for owning or operating a motor vehicle with the knowledge that it contains a false or secret compartment from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony.

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 — 91–23 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins filing
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-03-13 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
• 2003-03-20 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2003-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-26 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 009-000-003 committee-passage
• 2003-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
• 2003-04-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-023-003 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0276 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31ecd773-eef8-49ce-80a6-c9514861abfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).