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Bill	VEH CD-ELECTRIC VEH-PLATES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the owner of a motor vehicle of the second division weighing 8,000 pounds or less propelled by an electric engine and not utilizing motor fuel, may register the motor vehicle for a fee not to exceed $35 for a 2-year registration period. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4717	Illinois HB 4717 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-12-14	2010-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8873ed0b-5d5b-484e-a9b7-965bd5d6f64d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4717&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49002&SessionID=76&GA=96	187b598c9272d9bebf6c214043be064f42027b5ba73c08fca675a58ad36a5e88	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4717 (96th) — VEH CD-ELECTRIC VEH-PLATES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the owner of a motor vehicle of the second division weighing 8,000 pounds or less propelled by an electric engine and not utilizing motor fuel, may register the motor vehicle for a fee not to exceed $35 for a 2-year registration period. 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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roger L. Eddy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-12-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy filing
• 2010-01-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-03 Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Vehicles & Safety Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-02-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2010-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-17 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass Transportation; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Heather Steans
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-21 Effective Date July 21, 2010
• 2010-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1135 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8873ed0b-5d5b-484e-a9b7-965bd5d6f64d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).