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| Bill | VEH CD-EMERGENCY RESPONDERS | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that in addition to any other fine or penalty required by law, an individual convicted of reckless driving or speeding in excess of 40 miles per hour over the posted speed limit and the violation proximately caused an incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, shall be required to make restitution to a public agency for the costs of that emergency response in an amount not exceeding $1,000 per public agency for each emergency response. Effective July 1, 2010. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 4779 | Illinois HB 4779 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2010-01-12 | 2010-07-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/70fc6d34-b98d-4c82-a93a-0a57331e433f | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4779&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49166&SessionID=76&GA=96 | c35afff7caaaa74a337027e9fe05b43f617d56b3b4c4efbb016aa3e35ec1ce92 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 4779 (96th) — VEH CD-EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that in addition to any other fine or penalty required by law, an individual convicted of reckless driving or speeding in excess of 40 miles per hour over the posted speed limit and the violation proximately caused an incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, shall be required to make restitution to a public agency for the costs of that emergency response in an amount not exceeding $1,000 per public agency for each emergency response. Effective July 1, 2010.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2010-01-12 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
filing - 2010-01-12 First Reading
reading-1 - 2010-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2010-02-09 Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee
referral-committee - 2010-02-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Vehicles & Safety Committee; 006-000-000
committee-passage - 2010-02-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2010-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- 2010-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- 2010-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- 2010-02-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
- 2010-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2010-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2010-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
amendment-introduction - 2010-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2010-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2010-03-11 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2010-03-11 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2010-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2010-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2010-03-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
amendment-introduction - 2010-03-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2010-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2010-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
amendment-introduction - 2010-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2010-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2010-03-25 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
- 2010-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- 2010-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
- 2010-03-25 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2010-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled
amendment-failure - 2010-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2010-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2010-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2010-04-06 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2010-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2010-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
- 2010-04-06 First Reading
reading-1 - 2010-04-06 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2010-04-13 Assigned to Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2010-04-22 Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
- 2010-04-23 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
- 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
- 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2010-07-22 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2010-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2010
- 2010-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1173
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70fc6d34-b98d-4c82-a93a-0a57331e433f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).