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Bill	VEH SEAT BELTS-18 & UNDER	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that every person under the age of 19 (rather than 18) years must wear a seat safety belt while riding as passenger in a vehicle operated by a driver under the age of 18.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 229	Illinois SB 229 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2005-02-02	2005-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/c684e21e-64f7-44ba-8e32-22cfd8269144	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=229&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15373&SessionID=50&GA=94	e1d91b3913b0d96c29dcc11e1e5b5677766bf2d6eb4541d740b52a2000d5ec0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 229 (94th) — VEH SEAT BELTS-18 & UNDER

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that every person under the age of 19 (rather than 18) years must wear a seat safety belt while riding as passenger in a vehicle operated by a driver under the age of 18.

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

• Third Reading — 80–33 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 47–5 (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
• 2005-03-16 Do Pass 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
• 2005-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 047-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
• 2005-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-27 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 023-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-20 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
• 2005-05-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-033-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-15 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0241 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c684e21e-64f7-44ba-8e32-22cfd8269144. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).