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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-UNPAID FINES&PENALTIES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Amends the provision regarding failure to pay fines, penalties, and court costs to provide that the Secretary of State may not remove the notation indicating a driver's failure to pay until the Secretary has received, directly from the court of venue (rather than from the driver), written notice of payment. Provides that, if full payment has been received, the court shall provide the driver with a receipt indicating payment in full. Provides that the receipt provided to the driver may not be used by the driver to clear the driver's record. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 769"
citation: "Illinois HB 769 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-01"
last_action: "2005-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a65105b2-3392-4af9-b63f-d2ad1a6b66b7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=769&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15261&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "14b9b9dd12d6fae6d871b56cc126360bc0de93798d87a09b9f8677e727e83f3d"
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 769 (94th) — VEH CD-UNPAID FINES&PENALTIES
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Amends the provision regarding failure to pay fines, penalties, and court costs to provide that the Secretary of State may not remove the notation indicating a driver's failure to pay until the Secretary has received, directly from the court of venue (rather than from the driver), written notice of payment. Provides that, if full payment has been received, the court shall provide the driver with a receipt indicating payment in full. Provides that the receipt provided to the driver may not be used by the driver to clear the driver's record. Effective immediately.
## 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=09400HB0769&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15261&DocNum=769&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0769eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15261&DocNum=769&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0769enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15261&DocNum=769&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence — **1133** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1080** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cynthia Soto — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-08** Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1
- **2005-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2005-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 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** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2005-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2005-05-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- **2005-05-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-003-000
- **2005-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0618 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a65105b2-3392-4af9-b63f-d2ad1a6b66b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).