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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-GOLD STAR PLATES-FEES"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "Illinois HB 544 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-27"
last_action: "2005-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b6afff-bccd-4a27-b9ed-5e43f4cb32d8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=544&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14901&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "aba6f8d62fc69e133a42b4cfde909593ef76fc4ad7c7c587ee488d97760ccbd1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0544&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14901&DocNum=544&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0544eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14901&DocNum=544&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0544enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14901&DocNum=544&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60b6afff-bccd-4a27-b9ed-5e43f4cb32d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).