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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-INSURANCE-BUS DRIVERS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the following changes made by Public Act 97-224 apply only to personal injury liability insurance policies issued or renewed on and after July 1, 2012: (i) adding a first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit to the list of certain vehicles required to carry personal injury liability insurance; and (ii) increasing the required amount of insurance to $1,000,000 (instead of $25,000) for any one person in any one accident and $5,000,000 (instead of $100,000) for two or more persons in any one accident. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2524"
citation: "Illinois SB 2524 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-11-09"
last_action: "2012-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a52db1b-d6a0-49ed-a014-01c3250e7bfe"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2524&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=62530&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "fd8edee63a5084524858e4e08cbf6a2637bbccee564c15db528cc6dcaad108c7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 2524 (97th) — VEH CD-INSURANCE-BUS DRIVERS
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the following changes made by Public Act 97-224 apply only to personal injury liability insurance policies issued or renewed on and after July 1, 2012: (i) adding a first division vehicle including a taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus driver permit to the list of certain vehicles required to carry personal injury liability insurance; and (ii) increasing the required amount of insurance to $1,000,000 (instead of $25,000) for any one person in any one accident and $5,000,000 (instead of $100,000) for two or more persons in any one accident. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2524&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62530&DocNum=2524&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2524eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62530&DocNum=2524&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2524enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62530&DocNum=2524&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **8432** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Linda Holmes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-11-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `filing`
- **2011-11-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-11-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-24** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-09** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2012
- **2012-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ann Williams `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-05-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-032-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-16** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 17, 2012
- **2012-05-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Linda Holmes `filing`
- **2012-05-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000
- **2012-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
- **2012-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2012
- **2012-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1078 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a52db1b-d6a0-49ed-a014-01c3250e7bfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).