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Bill	VEH CD-GOLD STAR PLATES-FEES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2007 registration year, an applicant for the registration plates issued to Gold Star recipients shall be charged no fee (rather than a $15 original issuance fee to be deposited into the Road Fund) in addition to the appropriate registration fee.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 544	Illinois HB 544 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2005-01-27	2005-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/60b6afff-bccd-4a27-b9ed-5e43f4cb32d8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=544&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14901&SessionID=50&GA=94	aba6f8d62fc69e133a42b4cfde909593ef76fc4ad7c7c587ee488d97760ccbd1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 544 (94th) — VEH CD-GOLD STAR PLATES-FEES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2007 registration year, an applicant for the registration plates issued to Gold Star recipients shall be charged no fee (rather than a $15 original issuance fee to be deposited into the Road Fund) in addition to the appropriate registration fee.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen A. Ryg — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg filing
• 2005-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-27 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
• 2005-02-10 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2005-02-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2005-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2005-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2005-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2005-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
• 2005-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
• 2005-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2005-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2005-02-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 1, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-02-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2005-03-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-01 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2005-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 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. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-25 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-07-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0311 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60b6afff-bccd-4a27-b9ed-5e43f4cb32d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).