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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-MINE RESCUE VEHICLE-DNR"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1297"
citation: "Illinois SB 1297 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/651124a3-220f-436c-9172-82f8cea068e9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1297&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42393&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "2c966cce6bde66d874e9594649e58a40f8276dcb4393c64c279feaf213b43c73"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1297&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42393&DocNum=1297&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1297eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42393&DocNum=1297&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1297enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42393&DocNum=1297&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/651124a3-220f-436c-9172-82f8cea068e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).