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Bill	VEH CD-GOLD STAR SPECIAL PLATE	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue Gold Star license plates to all siblings of a person who has lost his or her life while serving in the Armed Forces (instead of to only one surviving sibling in the absence of a surviving parent).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2494	Illinois SB 2494 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	59	2	2011-10-12	2012-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/5c878f5e-2bc5-41f2-b9a5-3f367a278562	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2494&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=62070&SessionID=84&GA=97	20d36b5e54565d2662eec4a7f2bc1b8155c68816956c89dbe694fc2770ab4935	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2494 (97th) — VEH CD-GOLD STAR SPECIAL PLATE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall issue Gold Star license plates to all siblings of a person who has lost his or her life while serving in the Armed Forces (instead of to only one surviving sibling in the absence of a surviving parent).

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 — 113–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
• David Harris — cosponsor (person)
• David R. Leitch — cosponsor (person)
• David Reis — cosponsor (person)
• Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
• Dwight Kay — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Barickman — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry F. Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Sacia — cosponsor (person)
• John D. Cavaletto — cosponsor (person)
• Larry K. Bomke — primary (person)
• Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
• Norine Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Pam Roth — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
• Randy Ramey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-10-12 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Larry K. Bomke filing
• 2011-10-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-10-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-01-24 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2012-01-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Larry K. Bomke amendment-introduction
• 2012-01-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2012-02-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-02-07 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 8, 2012
• 2012-02-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 9, 2012
• 2012-02-09 Third Reading - Passed; 039-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-02-09 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-06 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2012-03-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-07 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2012-04-17 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2012-05-11 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 18, 2012
• 2012-05-11 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne Rosenthal
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Barickman
• 2012-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
• 2012-05-15 Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2012-05-15 Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
• 2012-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-004 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-31 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-06-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-06-29 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-06-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0723 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c878f5e-2bc5-41f2-b9a5-3f367a278562. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).