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Bill	VEH SEAT BELTS-STOPS-SEARCHES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Deletes language providing that law enforcement officers may not stop or search any vehicle solely on the basis of the failure of the occupants to wear seat belts.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 50	Illinois SB 50 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2003-01-09	2004-02-11	openstates	ocd-bill/49969382-04e4-4b4b-9793-723de8840d4e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=50&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=319&SessionID=3&GA=93	16ea9891340d8e96126d6d538dde5926b8ce018bf5effb2c9e37a23b2556136d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 50 (93rd) — VEH SEAT BELTS-STOPS-SEARCHES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Deletes language providing that law enforcement officers may not stop or search any vehicle solely on the basis of the failure of the occupants to wear seat belts.

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 — 34–24 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 75–38 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
• Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)
• Paul D. Froehlich — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2003-01-09 Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
• 2003-01-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-09 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-01-28 Sponsor Removed Sen. Dan Cronin
• 2003-02-19 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-02-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-02-27 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2003-03-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-03-05 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-001-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2003
• 2003-03-05 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
• 2003-03-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003
• 2003-03-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-04-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2003-04-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
• 2003-04-03 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-04-03 Third Reading - Passed; 034-024-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
• 2003-04-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2003-04-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2003-04-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2003-04-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2003-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2003-04-08 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-003-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-04-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2003-04-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2003-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-16 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
• 2003-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-038-002 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-03 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-03 Effective Date July 3, 2003
• 2003-07-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0099 became-law
• 2004-02-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49969382-04e4-4b4b-9793-723de8840d4e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).