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Bill	VEH CD-WIRELESS PHONES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who holds an instruction permit or a graduated license may not use a wireless phone while driving a vehicle. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to use of a wireless phone to contact a law enforcement agency, health care provider, or emergency services agency for emergency purposes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 210	Illinois SB 210 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	45	3	2005-02-02	2005-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/5e87a42a-b831-4324-8c3c-2e5e7ca6ae4b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=210&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15351&SessionID=50&GA=94	d484bcd0f2ec7ed9b0081979b0e70faa94103f4d60ccc6a34a0e7676070072b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 210 (94th) — VEH CD-WIRELESS PHONES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who holds an instruction permit or a graduated license may not use a wireless phone while driving a vehicle. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to use of a wireless phone to contact a law enforcement agency, health care provider, or emergency services agency for emergency purposes. Effective immediately.

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

• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 41–16 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–6 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-02 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2005-02-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-02 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-03 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2005-03-09 Postponed - Transportation
• 2005-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
• 2005-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2005-03-16 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
• 2005-04-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
• 2005-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 038-019-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-26 Do Pass / Standard Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 015-001-001 committee-passage
• 2005-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2005-04-28 Second Reading - Standard Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2005-05-03 Recalled to Second Reading - Standard Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-03 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Standard Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-05-18 Second Reading - Standard Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 108-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-19 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2005-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 20, 2005.
• 2005-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2005-05-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2005-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Transportation; 007-000-000
• 2005-05-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 041-016-000
• 2005-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-15 Effective Date July 15, 2005
• 2005-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0240 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e87a42a-b831-4324-8c3c-2e5e7ca6ae4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).