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Bill	VEHICLE CD-SCHOOL BUS INSPECT	Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that each school district in the State shall have in place, by January 1, 2008, a policy to ensure that the school bus driver is the last person leaving every school bus and that no passenger is left behind or remains on the vehicle at the end of a route, a work shift, or the work day. Establishes requirements for the policy. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 166	Illinois SB 166 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	47	2	2007-01-31	2007-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/575c856a-e978-40af-b135-4fb680606e36	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=166&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27475&SessionID=51&GA=95	24de590a4c7d11a71dae765ad956521b2b0878b16ccbb93a0cd86a88c5df0ec5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 166 (95th) — VEHICLE CD-SCHOOL BUS INSPECT

Amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that each school district in the State shall have in place, by January 1, 2008, a policy to ensure that the school bus driver is the last person leaving every school bus and that no passenger is left behind or remains on the vehicle at the end of a route, a work shift, or the work day. Establishes requirements for the policy. 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carolyn H. Krause — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Radogno — primary (person)
• Fred Crespo — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Fritchey — cosponsor (person)
• John D'Amico — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Marlow H. Colvin — cosponsor (person)
• Renée Kosel — cosponsor (person)
• Robert W. Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Rosemary Mulligan — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Bassi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno filing
• 2007-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-31 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-23 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2007-03-07 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2007-03-14 Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
• 2007-03-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
• 2007-03-27 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-28 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2007-03-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson
• 2007-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2007-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2007-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2007-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-001 committee-passage
• 2007-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2007-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2007-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
• 2007-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2007-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2007-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2007-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2007-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
• 2007-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2007-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2007-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2007-05-18 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2007-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2007-05-18 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2007-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2007-05-18 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2007-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2007
• 2007-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0260 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/575c856a-e978-40af-b135-4fb680606e36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).