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Bill	VEH CD-IRAQ&AFGHANISTAN PLATES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Iraq Campaign and Afghanistan Campaign license plates, respectively, to persons who have earned the Iraq Campaign Medal or the Afghanistan Campaign Medal from the U.S. Armed Forces. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $15 for original issuance of the plates, to be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 161	Illinois HB 161 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	48	2	2006-12-27	2007-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/431c1100-161a-4e27-9842-e9722a6e4e04	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=161&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26783&SessionID=51&GA=95	3104d8f3c0f782730e9a77402c42d794ddbfa85a0a222937e18ce1352d9f1a97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 161 (95th) — VEH CD-IRAQ&AFGHANISTAN PLATES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Iraq Campaign and Afghanistan Campaign license plates, respectively, to persons who have earned the Iraq Campaign Medal or the Afghanistan Campaign Medal from the U.S. Armed Forces. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $15 for original issuance of the plates, to be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. 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 — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kurt M. Granberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-12-27 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Kurt M. Granberg filing
• 2007-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-01-31 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2007-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2007-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2007-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2007-02-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2007-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
• 2007-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Hannig
• 2007-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2007-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2007-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2007-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-03-21 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-12 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
• 2007-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons amendment-introduction
• 2007-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2007-04-17 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-04-17 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-04-18 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
• 2007-04-19 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-04-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-04-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-003-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
• 2007-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2007-05-15 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-05-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2007
• 2007-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0190 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/431c1100-161a-4e27-9842-e9722a6e4e04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).