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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-TRUCK WEIGHT-PENALTIES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who violates a provision regarding dealers, transporters, wreckers, and rebuilders, except a person who violates a provision for which a different criminal penalty is indicated, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (rather than providing that the person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor except as otherwise indicated). In a provision concerning axle load and gross vehicle weight limitations, provides that, if a roll-back carrier is registered and being used as a tow truck, the license plate or plates issued for the roll-back carrier/tow truck must cover the weight of any load carried on the bed of the roll-back carrier (as well as covering the operating empty weight of the roll-back carrier)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 333"
citation: "Illinois HB 333 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-22"
last_action: "2007-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e372b00-2d3b-4e10-ab8d-b6e273ec5e8b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=333&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27104&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "9d1c076a5d03ed22f1ee92cc1ffc7fc8b772a72646e71dbe4040bc385ac2ba68"
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 HB 333 (95th) — VEH CD-TRUCK WEIGHT-PENALTIES
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who violates a provision regarding dealers, transporters, wreckers, and rebuilders, except a person who violates a provision for which a different criminal penalty is indicated, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (rather than providing that the person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor except as otherwise indicated). In a provision concerning axle load and gross vehicle weight limitations, provides that, if a roll-back carrier is registered and being used as a tow truck, the license plate or plates issued for the roll-back carrier/tow truck must cover the weight of any load carried on the bed of the roll-back carrier (as well as covering the operating empty weight of the roll-back carrier).
## 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=09500HB0333&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27104&DocNum=333&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0333eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27104&DocNum=333&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0333enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27104&DocNum=333&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Patrick J Verschoore — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-01-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J Verschoore `filing`
- **2007-01-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Re-assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** 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
- **2007-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2007-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Do Pass Transportation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
- **2007-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0051 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e372b00-2d3b-4e10-ab8d-b6e273ec5e8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).