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| Bill | VEH CD-SNOW&ICE REMOVAL VEH | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that privately owned firefighting vehicles are authorized emergency vehicles. Provides that firefighting vehicles that are not owned by a local fire department, the State, or the federal government may be equipped with red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. Provides that motorized equipment or vehicles not owned by the State of Illinois or any of its political subdivisions that are designed and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and parking lots and are equipped with a snow plow 12 feet in width may be equipped with amber lights of that type. Provides that the provisions of the Code limiting the size, weight, and load of vehicles do not apply to snow and ice removal equipment that is no more than 12 feet in width, if the equipment displays flags and is equipped with lighting that meet specified requirements. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | SB 54 | Illinois SB 54 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 42 | 3 | 2005-01-26 | 2005-07-19 | openstates | ocd-bill/bc116ba9-2ec4-4391-9139-beb9d9b6d324 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=54&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=14689&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 52034a2d47b9e5d5322f5ce86f8a760c7de660de29338820e18482c718de7dfa | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 54 (94th) — VEH CD-SNOW&ICE REMOVAL VEH
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that privately owned firefighting vehicles are authorized emergency vehicles. Provides that firefighting vehicles that are not owned by a local fire department, the State, or the federal government may be equipped with red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. Provides that motorized equipment or vehicles not owned by the State of Illinois or any of its political subdivisions that are designed and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and parking lots and are equipped with a snow plow 12 feet in width may be equipped with amber lights of that type. Provides that the provisions of the Code limiting the size, weight, and load of vehicles do not apply to snow and ice removal equipment that is no more than 12 feet in width, if the equipment displays flags and is equipped with lighting that meet specified requirements.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 58–1 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 54–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- William E. Peterson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-01-26 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William E. Peterson
filing - 2005-01-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-01-26 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-02-03 Assigned to Transportation
referral-committee - 2005-02-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William E. Peterson
amendment-introduction - 2005-02-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- 2005-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2005-03-02 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2005
- 2005-03-08 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 9, 2005
- 2005-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 054-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-11 Arrived in House
introduction - 2005-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- 2005-04-12 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-20 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 021-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-10 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
amendment-introduction - 2005-05-10 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 - Short 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 - Short Debate
- 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
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.
- 2005-05-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William E. Peterson
filing - 2005-05-19 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 058-001-000
- 2005-05-25 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-23 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-07-19 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-07-19 Effective Date January 1, 2006
- 2005-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0270
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc116ba9-2ec4-4391-9139-beb9d9b6d324. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).