republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-3889.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-COMMERCIAL RELOCATORS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a commercial vehicle safety relocator legally residing in a county not subject to the provisions of the Illinois Commercial Safety Law may operate in a county that is subject to that law for the limited purpose of removing a damaged or disabled vehicle upon the request of the owner or operator to remove the vehicle and tow the vehicle across county lines to the county where the commercial vehicle safety relocator and owner or operator resides without being subject to the provisions of the Illinois Commercial Safety Law. Provides that the exemption does not apply to commercial safety relocators that legally reside in both counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 3889"
citation: "Illinois HB 3889 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/320d8a89-1121-46ae-a081-a9433c3268b3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3889&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46712&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "a6767283222dd4a928c048c2b1b4ade7831cdc02d20307d872e4db865cf310ab"
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 3889 (96th) — VEH CD-COMMERCIAL RELOCATORS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a commercial vehicle safety relocator legally residing in a county not subject to the provisions of the Illinois Commercial Safety Law may operate in a county that is subject to that law for the limited purpose of removing a damaged or disabled vehicle upon the request of the owner or operator to remove the vehicle and tow the vehicle across county lines to the county where the commercial vehicle safety relocator and owner or operator resides without being subject to the provisions of the Illinois Commercial Safety Law. Provides that the exemption does not apply to commercial safety relocators that legally reside in both counties.

## 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=09600HB3889&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46712&DocNum=3889&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3889eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46712&DocNum=3889&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3889enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46712&DocNum=3889&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary G. Dahl — cosponsor (person)
- Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard `filing`
- **2009-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Assigned to Transportation, Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Transportation, Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation, Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation, Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- **2009-03-31** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2009-04-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2009-04-02** Sponsor Removed Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Transportation; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0309 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/320d8a89-1121-46ae-a081-a9433c3268b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).