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Bill	VEH CD-POLICE CDL EXEMPTION	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Exempts police emergency equipment from the definition of "commercial motor vehicle". Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3948	Illinois HB 3948 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2012-01-04	2012-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b862c73b-278c-46ed-9876-3c61e38a0e7b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3948&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=62784&SessionID=84&GA=97	b4f22dd2a6844c126a03a8fad5977efe9f117a8bc8b6620966772e23cc6e4fee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3948 (97th) — VEH CD-POLICE CDL EXEMPTION

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Exempts police emergency equipment from the definition of "commercial motor vehicle". 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 — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2012-01-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-01-24 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-02-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2012-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dena M. Carli
• 2012-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2012-02-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2012-02-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 9, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-02-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2012-02-17 Sponsor Removed Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2012-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Postponed - Transportation
• 2012-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2012-04-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-06 Effective Date July 6, 2012
• 2012-07-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0750 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b862c73b-278c-46ed-9876-3c61e38a0e7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).