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Bill	VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS STROBE LAMP	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a strobe lamp on a school bus may be lighted at any time when the bus is being used as a school bus and is bearing one or more pupils (rather than only when the bus is stopped or moving very slowly under those circumstances). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 1238	Illinois HB 1238 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2007-02-09	2007-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/fef78d98-c322-4b67-bee6-3c5ca6bbf4ad	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1238&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=29990&SessionID=51&GA=95	3d4a24f6d7029356329bc91bc62dd5f38a44772bbb9c613371094eae97eb1a69	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1238 (95th) — VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS STROBE LAMP

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a strobe lamp on a school bus may be lighted at any time when the bus is being used as a school bus and is bearing one or more pupils (rather than only when the bus is stopped or moving very slowly under those circumstances). Effective immediately.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jim Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2007-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson filing
• 2007-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-20 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-28 Re-assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2007-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
• 2007-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-27 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-30 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2007
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-21 Effective Date August 21, 2007
• 2007-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0319 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fef78d98-c322-4b67-bee6-3c5ca6bbf4ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).