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Bill	VEH CD-STOPPED SCHOOL BUS	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a driver must stop his or her vehicle before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, a school bus stopped at any location (rather than on a highway or on other specified roadways) for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 311	Illinois SB 311 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2003-02-05	2003-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/ec67fa18-375e-45d6-92e4-5b21811bad82	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=311&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=2044&SessionID=3&GA=93	068b21773e1877b73d4e3c853059b4cf326b531edbc3bf16fe26cb9fdf5a1ece	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 311 (93rd) — VEH CD-STOPPED SCHOOL BUS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a driver must stop his or her vehicle before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, a school bus stopped at any location (rather than on a highway or on other specified roadways) for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Effective immediately.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Todd Sieben — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Todd Sieben filing
• 2003-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-05 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-06 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2003
• 2003-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2003
• 2003-03-19 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2003-03-19 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-19 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2003-03-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2003-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2003-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-11 Effective Date July 11, 2003
• 2003-07-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0180 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec67fa18-375e-45d6-92e4-5b21811bad82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).