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type: "Bill"
title: "BOATS-ENGINE CUT-OFF SWITCH"
description: "Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that no person may operate any motorboat equipped with an engine cut-off switch while the engine is running and the motorboat is underway without verifying that the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully-functional and attaching the engine cut-off switch link to the operator or activating the wireless cut-off system (rather than only requiring that a lanyard engine cut-off switch be attached to the operator on motorboats equipped with a lanyard cut-off switch). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4775"
citation: "Illinois HB 4775 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-12"
last_action: "2010-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/551355ac-14b4-4578-995a-6f2da2e764ef"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4775&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49162&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ca2d7f4d71a2286023a43db043b84efb87fdefb737218666541a5bc21a911de2"
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 4775 (96th) — BOATS-ENGINE CUT-OFF SWITCH
Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Provides that no person may operate any motorboat equipped with an engine cut-off switch while the engine is running and the motorboat is underway without verifying that the engine cut-off switch is operational and fully-functional and attaching the engine cut-off switch link to the operator or activating the wireless cut-off system (rather than only requiring that a lanyard engine cut-off switch be attached to the operator on motorboats equipped with a lanyard cut-off switch). 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=09600HB4775&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49162&DocNum=4775&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4775eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49162&DocNum=4775&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4775enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49162&DocNum=4775&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1019** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lou Lang — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-01-12** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `filing`
- **2010-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-27** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-02-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-009-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-02-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 17, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2010-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-17** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 `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
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2010
- **2010-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1033 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/551355ac-14b4-4578-995a-6f2da2e764ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).