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Bill	TOLL HWY-AMBULANCES EXEMPTION	Amends the Toll Highway Act. Adds public or private ambulance vehicles that are plainly marked to the list of vehicles not required to pay a toll to use a toll highway.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4691	Illinois HB 4691 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2012-02-02	2012-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ab3a1b16-9dc7-4fc4-8ca2-e3e31e65d2c6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4691&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64494&SessionID=84&GA=97	7c3f72464117622ff118aeb5852b33af46dec4a5045e3947f407cbf4a2883000	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4691 (97th) — TOLL HWY-AMBULANCES EXEMPTION

Amends the Toll Highway Act. Adds public or private ambulance vehicles that are plainly marked to the list of vehicles not required to pay a toll to use a toll highway.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos filing
• 2012-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Tollway Oversight Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2012-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2012-02-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Tollway Oversight Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2012-02-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2012-02-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-29 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-06 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
• 2012-03-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2012-03-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 8, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2012-03-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2012-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-10 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2012-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2012-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-13 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-07-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0784 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab3a1b16-9dc7-4fc4-8ca2-e3e31e65d2c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).