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Bill	SNOWMOBILES-REGISTRATION\INS	Amends the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act. Provides that a person convicted of operating a snowmobile required to be registered and numbered under the Act shall be fined $250 for a first offense and $500 for a second or subsequent offense. Raises the new, transfer-renewal, and renewal snowmobile registration fee from $18 to $30 and to $45 for the registration years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Provides that 50 percent (rather than 33 percent) of those collected fees and trail use sticker fees shall be deposited into the Snowmobile Trail Establishment Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that snowmobiles that are not registered and numbered and that are not exempt from the registration and numbering requirement are required to display a trail use sticker, and the cost of the sticker is $25. Provides that no person shall operate, register or maintain registration of, and no owner shall permit another person to operate, register or maintain registration of, a snowmobile in this State unless the snowmobile is covered by a liability insurance policy. Provides that a person convicted of violating the mandatory insurance provision is guilty of a petty offense and shall be required to pay a fine in excess of $500, but not more than $1,000.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 3091	Illinois SB 3091 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	41	2	2010-02-08	2010-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/7cf3d156-1134-47be-9708-913ed788ad12	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3091&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50675&SessionID=76&GA=96	59e2ef4cd907763795a15100bdfe7755d0abe4530cf61583e9dbbf8bb0c4a350	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3091 (96th) — SNOWMOBILES-REGISTRATION\INS

Amends the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act. Provides that a person convicted of operating a snowmobile required to be registered and numbered under the Act shall be fined $250 for a first offense and $500 for a second or subsequent offense. Raises the new, transfer-renewal, and renewal snowmobile registration fee from $18 to $30 and to $45 for the registration years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Provides that 50 percent (rather than 33 percent) of those collected fees and trail use sticker fees shall be deposited into the Snowmobile Trail Establishment Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that snowmobiles that are not registered and numbered and that are not exempt from the registration and numbering requirement are required to display a trail use sticker, and the cost of the sticker is $25. Provides that no person shall operate, register or maintain registration of, and no owner shall permit another person to operate, register or maintain registration of, a snowmobile in this State unless the snowmobile is covered by a liability insurance policy. Provides that a person convicted of violating the mandatory insurance provision is guilty of a petty offense and shall be required to pay a fine in excess of $500, but not more than $1,000.

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 — 72–34 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 44–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2010-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2010-02-24 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2010-02-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
• 2010-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2010-03-02 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2010-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2010-03-03 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
• 2010-03-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2010-03-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 011-000-000
• 2010-03-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Althoff amendment-passage
• 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2010
• 2010-03-18 Third Reading - Passed; 044-010-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-18 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-18 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2010-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-08 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 007-002-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2010-04-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2010-04-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2010-04-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2010-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-034-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-26 Effective Date April 1, 2011
• 2010-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1291 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cf3d156-1134-47be-9708-913ed788ad12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).