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Bill	VEH CD-PURPLE HRT PLT-SPOUSES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person killed in a foreign war and awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States is eligible to be issued Purple Heart license plates.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 386	Illinois HB 386 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2005-01-25	2005-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/18fadeb9-b940-4d62-ac0c-03c11b73fa46	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=386&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14634&SessionID=50&GA=94	d6a726e02548f9ef761a7fa7dac8bda51f5431e157e5f1b44c717346cd9a2e61	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 386 (94th) — VEH CD-PURPLE HRT PLT-SPOUSES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person killed in a foreign war and awarded the Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces of the United States is eligible to be issued Purple Heart license plates.

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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arthur J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jay C. Hoffman — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Link — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman filing
• 2005-01-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-02 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-09 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
• 2005-02-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2005-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2005-02-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2005-02-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-02-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 24, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-01 Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2005-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2005-04-01 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2005-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-06 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Transportation; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
• 2005-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-01 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-07-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0093 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18fadeb9-b940-4d62-ac0c-03c11b73fa46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).