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type: "Bill"
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title: "VEH CD-ELECTRIC VEHICLES"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits a person from driving or operating a neighborhood electric vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in the State, except under certain conditions. Provides that a person operating a neighborhood electric vehicle may not make a direct crossing upon or across any highway under the jurisdiction of the State, tollroad, interstate highway, or controlled access highway in the State. Permits a municipality, township, county, or other unit of local government to authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on roadways under its jurisdiction. Permits the Department of Transportation to authorize the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on the roadways under its jurisdiction. Establishes conditions under which the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government may authorize the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on its roadways. Defines a \"neighborhood electric vehicle\" as a self-propelled, electronically powered four-wheeled motor vehicle which is capable of attaining in one mile a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, but not more than 25 miles per hour, and which conforms to federal regulations under Title 49 C.F.R. Part 571.500."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "94th"
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identifier: "SB 25"
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citation: "Illinois SB 25 (94th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2005-01-26"
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last_action: "2005-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed042c03-8d34-4282-a038-f23849d575c7"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=25&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=14656&SessionID=50&GA=94"
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source_hash: "3653241da7f72ca29ba3e465864582ab9880ce47329c85811eb6ed41857a8087"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 25 (94th) — VEH CD-ELECTRIC VEHICLES
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits a person from driving or operating a neighborhood electric vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in the State, except under certain conditions. Provides that a person operating a neighborhood electric vehicle may not make a direct crossing upon or across any highway under the jurisdiction of the State, tollroad, interstate highway, or controlled access highway in the State. Permits a municipality, township, county, or other unit of local government to authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on roadways under its jurisdiction. Permits the Department of Transportation to authorize the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on the roadways under its jurisdiction. Establishes conditions under which the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government may authorize the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on its roadways. Defines a "neighborhood electric vehicle" as a self-propelled, electronically powered four-wheeled motor vehicle which is capable of attaining in one mile a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, but not more than 25 miles per hour, and which conforms to federal regulations under Title 49 C.F.R. Part 571.500.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0025&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14656&DocNum=25&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0025eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14656&DocNum=25&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0025enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14656&DocNum=25&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **98–17** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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- Motion — **78–35** (fail) · lower
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- Third Reading — **52–58** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Terry Link — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2005-01-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link; Prefiled on December 8, 2004 `filing`
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- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-03** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
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- **2005-02-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
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- **2005-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2005-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
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- **2005-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation
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- **2005-03-02** Postponed - Transportation
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- **2005-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2005-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2005-03-09** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005
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- **2005-04-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005
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- **2005-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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- **2005-04-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
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- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2005-05-10** Do Pass / Standard Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 016-006-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
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- **2005-05-18** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
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- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
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- **2005-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
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- **2005-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
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- **2005-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
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- **2005-05-19** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Jim Sacia
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- **2005-05-19** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jim Sacia
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- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 052-058-002 `reading-3, failure`
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- **2005-05-19** Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Brent Hassert
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- **2005-05-19** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
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- **2005-05-29** Motion to Reconsider Vote - Prevails 078-035-000
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- **2005-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2005-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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- **2005-05-30** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 098-017-002 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2005-05-30** Passed Both Houses
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- **2005-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2005-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2005-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2006
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- **2005-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0298 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed042c03-8d34-4282-a038-f23849d575c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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