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| Bill | VEH CD-RED LIGHTS-FIRE CHIEFS | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a fire chief may drive a vehicle using red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights if the vehicle is designated or authorized as a fire department, fire protection district, or township fire department vehicle and the designation or authorization is carried in the vehicle. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 996 | Illinois HB 996 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2005-02-03 | 2005-07-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/cb59ad98-d8d4-4182-a1e0-d38f5e62576f | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=996&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15663&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 90dbed7708ad7759160a8c4e9cc284927c1c58966ad2bd65c1f664baac451e69 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 996 (94th) — VEH CD-RED LIGHTS-FIRE CHIEFS
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a fire chief may drive a vehicle using red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights if the vehicle is designated or authorized as a fire department, fire protection district, or township fire department vehicle and the designation or authorization is carried in the vehicle.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 116–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mike Boland — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Boland
filing - 2005-02-03 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-08 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
referral-committee - 2005-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
amendment-introduction - 2005-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2005-03-01 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 024-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-03 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- 2005-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- 2005-03-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- 2005-03-16 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2005-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2005
reading-1 - 2005-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- 2005-03-17 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-03-17 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-13 Assigned to Transportation
referral-committee - 2005-04-20 Do Pass Transportation; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- 2005-05-10 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-07-08 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-07-08 Effective Date January 1, 2006
- 2005-07-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0143
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb59ad98-d8d4-4182-a1e0-d38f5e62576f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).