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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-SNOW&ICE REMOVAL VEH"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Illinois SB 54 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-01-26"
last_action: "2005-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc116ba9-2ec4-4391-9139-beb9d9b6d324"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=54&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=14689&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "52034a2d47b9e5d5322f5ce86f8a760c7de660de29338820e18482c718de7dfa"
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 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.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0054&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14689&DocNum=54&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0054eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14689&DocNum=54&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0054enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=14689&DocNum=54&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc116ba9-2ec4-4391-9139-beb9d9b6d324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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