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Bill	INS CD-VOLUNTEER DRIVERS	Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer may not refuse to issue vehicle insurance to a person solely because the applicant is a volunteer driver and may not impose a surcharge or otherwise increase the rate for a vehicle policy solely on the basis that the named insured or any member of the insured's household or a person who customarily operates the insured's vehicle is a volunteer driver. Provides that the provision concerning volunteer driver protection shall not prohibit an insurer from taking any actions upon factors other than the volunteer status of the insured driver. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1378	Illinois HB 1378 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2011-02-09	2011-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/e2509846-0852-4151-95d8-e321e63a861d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1378&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57840&SessionID=84&GA=97	58893a018a760452c0c8664b7d4046bfbac0ccb137b28a72723462c502112000	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1378 (97th) — INS CD-VOLUNTEER DRIVERS

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer may not refuse to issue vehicle insurance to a person solely because the applicant is a volunteer driver and may not impose a surcharge or otherwise increase the rate for a vehicle policy solely on the basis that the named insured or any member of the insured's household or a person who customarily operates the insured's vehicle is a volunteer driver. Provides that the provision concerning volunteer driver protection shall not prohibit an insurer from taking any actions upon factors other than the volunteer status of the insured driver. 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 — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joseph M. Lyons — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Insurance Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2011-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Insurance Committee
• 2011-03-15 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2011-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2011-03-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2011-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2011-04-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass Insurance; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2011
• 2011-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0285 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2509846-0852-4151-95d8-e321e63a861d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).