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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-SUPPORT TROOPS PLATES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Provides for the issuance of Support Our Troops license plates for an additional fee of $40 at original issuance and $27 at renewal. Provides that $25 of these fees shall be deposited into the Support Our Troops Fund. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Creates the Support Our Troops Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all moneys in the Support Our Troops Fund shall be paid as grants to Illinois Support Our Troops, Inc., for charitable assistance to the troops and their families in accordance with its Articles of Incorporation. Provides that the State Finance Act provision allowing the transfer of moneys from other funds into the General Revenue Fund does not apply to moneys deposited into the Support Our Troops Fund. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Illinois SB 489 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15ec82c1-641a-4809-b4f8-8e07ea9a7710"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=489&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28243&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "f8eb42fe0aa0587577ae6df41ca1499ea2572e8fbee9cfde95eedaf5a2e87f5f"
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 SB 489 (95th) — VEH CD-SUPPORT TROOPS PLATES
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Provides for the issuance of Support Our Troops license plates for an additional fee of $40 at original issuance and $27 at renewal. Provides that $25 of these fees shall be deposited into the Support Our Troops Fund. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Creates the Support Our Troops Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all moneys in the Support Our Troops Fund shall be paid as grants to Illinois Support Our Troops, Inc., for charitable assistance to the troops and their families in accordance with its Articles of Incorporation. Provides that the State Finance Act provision allowing the transfer of moneys from other funds into the General Revenue Fund does not apply to moneys deposited into the Support Our Troops Fund. Effective immediately.
## 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=09500SB0489&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28243&DocNum=489&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0489eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28243&DocNum=489&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0489enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28243&DocNum=489&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1103** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Antonio Munoz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Munoz `filing`
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson
- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Munoz `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000 `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
- **2007-03-29** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2007-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2007-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2007-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2007-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-18** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-25** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
- **2007-05-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-28** Effective Date August 28, 2007
- **2007-08-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0534 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15ec82c1-641a-4809-b4f8-8e07ea9a7710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).