republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-5120.md

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Bill	VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school bus must contain an operating two-way radio or cellular radio telecommunication device (rather than a two-way radio only) while the school bus driver is in possession of a school bus. Provides that the prohibitions regarding the use of a wireless telephone in a school or construction zone or sending an electronic message while driving do not apply to a school bus driver while performing his or her official duties. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5120	Illinois HB 5120 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2010-01-27	2010-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/748a3a7c-a538-4e97-8bad-f43f9b957f57	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5120&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50003&SessionID=76&GA=96	a1f9a1fd26af9d038089e2350e07e23675f52c214ef7dc7c563217bc2eb568aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5120 (96th) — VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school bus must contain an operating two-way radio or cellular radio telecommunication device (rather than a two-way radio only) while the school bus driver is in possession of a school bus. Provides that the prohibitions regarding the use of a wireless telephone in a school or construction zone or sending an electronic message while driving do not apply to a school bus driver while performing his or her official duties. 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 — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chapin Rose — primary (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chapin Rose filing
• 2010-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2010-02-03 Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Vehicles & Safety Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-17 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Vehicles & Safety Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-02-17 Do Pass as Amended / 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. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2010-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2010-02-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
• 2010-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2010-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-12 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. James A. DeLeo
• 2010-03-17 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2010-03-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2010-04-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2010
• 2010-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1066 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/748a3a7c-a538-4e97-8bad-f43f9b957f57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).