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Bill	VEH CD-BLUE LIGHTS-ID CARD	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person using blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights while operating a rescue vehicle not owned by a fire department or a vehicle owned or fully operated by a specified type of firefighter, a trustee of a fire protection district, or a member of another specified emergency response agency must carry an identification card or letter identifying the person as a member of a bona fide fire department, fire protection district, or other specified emergency response unit. Specifies additional required information.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2894	Illinois SB 2894 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2004-02-06	2004-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5d3ff104-7d4e-4bbb-acca-2a77b85b56f1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2894&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9857&SessionID=3&GA=93	435c5a6b31908d67b8ddf292b96f6d3d9ecdca330d50b2aa958a044ce2f236b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2894 (93rd) — VEH CD-BLUE LIGHTS-ID CARD

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person using blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights while operating a rescue vehicle not owned by a fire department or a vehicle owned or fully operated by a specified type of firefighter, a trustee of a fire protection district, or a member of another specified emergency response agency must carry an identification card or letter identifying the person as a member of a bona fide fire department, fire protection district, or other specified emergency response unit. Specifies additional required information.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• George P. Shadid — primary (person)
• Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-06 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid filing
• 2004-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-06 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2004-02-24 Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2004
• 2004-02-26 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2004
• 2004-03-02 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-23 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
• 2004-03-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2004-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2004-03-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2004-03-31 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
• 2004-04-20 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 014-003-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-04-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-13 Effective Date January 1, 2005
• 2004-07-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0725 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d3ff104-7d4e-4bbb-acca-2a77b85b56f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).