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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-WIRELESS PHONES"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 210"
citation: "Illinois SB 210 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e87a42a-b831-4324-8c3c-2e5e7ca6ae4b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=210&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15351&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "d484bcd0f2ec7ed9b0081979b0e70faa94103f4d60ccc6a34a0e7676070072b4"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0210&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15351&DocNum=210&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0210eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15351&DocNum=210&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0210enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15351&DocNum=210&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **4116** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1086** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **3819** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e87a42a-b831-4324-8c3c-2e5e7ca6ae4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).