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Bill	VEH CD-DUI-OUT OF STATE	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who commits the offense of driving under the influence during a period in which his or her driving privileges are revoked or suspended, where the revocation or suspension was for driving under the influence or a similar provision of the law of another jurisdiction is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 2494	Illinois SB 2494 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2008-02-15	2008-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/607c09d0-4442-4257-8d0d-a60a2ef6661b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2494&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36733&SessionID=51&GA=95	b67363d354767810b2e83092fb5ece4c4c6005f6fa3174878068ac391312c093	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2494 (95th) — VEH CD-DUI-OUT OF STATE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who commits the offense of driving under the influence during a period in which his or her driving privileges are revoked or suspended, where the revocation or suspension was for driving under the influence or a similar provision of the law of another jurisdiction is guilty of a Class 4 felony. 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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Kotowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski filing
• 2008-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-02-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-02-27 Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2008-03-06 Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law
• 2008-03-12 Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2008
• 2008-03-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2008
• 2008-04-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy
• 2008-04-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
• 2008-04-02 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2008-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-04-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2008-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2008-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2008-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2008-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2008-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-05-01 Assigned to Drivers Education & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2008-05-09 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
• 2008-05-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Drivers Education & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-05-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2008-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2008-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2008-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2008-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2008
• 2008-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0778 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/607c09d0-4442-4257-8d0d-a60a2ef6661b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).