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Bill	EMERGENCY SERVICES-VEHICLES	Amends the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes civil defense from and adds law enforcement or police services, emergency mortuary services, including the duties of a county coroner or medical examiner, and emergency management to the list of entities considered an emergency response agency under the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act. Amends the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle in the Illinois Vehicle Code to include vehicles of a municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency. Provides that permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued, at no charge, to county or municipality owned vehicles operated by or for any emergency services or disaster agency or any county coroner or designated county coroner.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2794	Illinois SB 2794 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2010-01-28	2010-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/50eceaa2-b8f5-4a33-8542-2a6f0a2d9a5a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2794&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49783&SessionID=76&GA=96	c8f696cf217e3e8adc00d4e0edf954dfb2e5f5c47973e3dd4eb3d2cb42a38e85	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2794 (96th) — EMERGENCY SERVICES-VEHICLES

Amends the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes civil defense from and adds law enforcement or police services, emergency mortuary services, including the duties of a county coroner or medical examiner, and emergency management to the list of entities considered an emergency response agency under the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act. Amends the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle in the Illinois Vehicle Code to include vehicles of a municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency. Provides that permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued, at no charge, to county or municipality owned vehicles operated by or for any emergency services or disaster agency or any county coroner or designated county coroner.

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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gary Forby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-28 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby filing
• 2010-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2010-02-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2010-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2010-02-24 Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 005-003-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2010
• 2010-03-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2010
• 2010-03-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2010-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 007-000-000
• 2010-03-11 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Forby amendment-passage
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
• 2010-03-12 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-19 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2010-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2010-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-02 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0986 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50eceaa2-b8f5-4a33-8542-2a6f0a2d9a5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).