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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS-CALL NUMBERS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each school bus shall display at the rear of the bus a visible and readable sign, indicating the telephone number of the owner of the school bus, and indicating that the number is to be called to report erratic driving by the school bus driver. Provides that the owner of each school bus shall establish procedures for accepting these calls and for taking complaints. Provides that the procedures shall include, but not be limited to: an internal investigation of the events that led to each complaint; and a report to the complaining party on the results of the investigation and the action taken, if any."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 3624"
citation: "Illinois HB 3624 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36034d82-e944-4d3b-ba07-969754d83b39"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3624&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32501&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "0461148e295c41d0b05ce96b276a9ddf5df0bbf92f158c7633ca791da356d89e"
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 3624 (95th) — VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS-CALL NUMBERS
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each school bus shall display at the rear of the bus a visible and readable sign, indicating the telephone number of the owner of the school bus, and indicating that the number is to be called to report erratic driving by the school bus driver. Provides that the owner of each school bus shall establish procedures for accepting these calls and for taking complaints. Provides that the procedures shall include, but not be limited to: an internal investigation of the events that led to each complaint; and a report to the complaining party on the results of the investigation and the action taken, if any.
## 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=09500HB3624&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32501&DocNum=3624&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3624eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32501&DocNum=3624&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3624enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32501&DocNum=3624&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **532** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **8234** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lou Lang — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `filing`
- **2007-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-16** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-03-16** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2007-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2007-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-034-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2007-03-29** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2007-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** 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
- **2007-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 053-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0176 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36034d82-e944-4d3b-ba07-969754d83b39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).