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Bill	VEH CD-MINE RESCUE VEHICLE-DNR	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds a mine rescue emergency response vehicle of the Department of Natural Resources to the definition of "authorized emergency vehicle". Provides the mine rescue emergency vehicles of the Department of Natural Resources are permitted to use the blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, when responding to an emergency call. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1297	Illinois SB 1297 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2009-02-10	2009-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/651124a3-220f-436c-9172-82f8cea068e9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1297&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42393&SessionID=76&GA=96	2c966cce6bde66d874e9594649e58a40f8276dcb4393c64c279feaf213b43c73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1297 (96th) — VEH CD-MINE RESCUE VEHICLE-DNR

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds a mine rescue emergency response vehicle of the Department of Natural Resources to the definition of "authorized emergency vehicle". Provides the mine rescue emergency vehicles of the Department of Natural Resources are permitted to use the blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, when responding to an emergency call. 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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gary Forby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2009
• 2009-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009
• 2009-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2009-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 010-000-000
• 2009-04-01 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-04-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Forby amendment-passage
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
• 2009-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-20 Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Vehicles & Safety Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2009
• 2009-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0214 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/651124a3-220f-436c-9172-82f8cea068e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).