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Bill	ROADSIDE MEM-RECKLESS DRIVERS	Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that the fatal accident memorial marker program is repealed on December 31, 2012 (instead of December 31, 2011). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2937	Illinois HB 2937 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2011-02-22	2011-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/5e358bfe-fd39-49bb-8883-e2af92b721d6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2937&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60270&SessionID=84&GA=97	2b1062172f4e7e8e019c7763e6cab6882e5a4874f7c7dd2a649e8d8b8d78bef7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2937 (97th) — ROADSIDE MEM-RECKLESS DRIVERS

Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that the fatal accident memorial marker program is repealed on December 31, 2012 (instead of December 31, 2011). 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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daniel Biss — primary (person)
• Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey filing
• 2011-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-28 Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-30 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
• 2011-04-05 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Daniel Biss
• 2011-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2011
• 2011-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0304 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e358bfe-fd39-49bb-8883-e2af92b721d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).