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Bill	VEH CD-HWY:NO-INJURY ACCIDENTS	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle may move the vehicle as soon as possible off the highway to the nearest safe location on an exit ramp shoulder, a frontage road, the nearest suitable cross street, or other suitable location that does not obstruct traffic and remain at that location until the driver has fulfilled the requirements of the Section of the Code concerning the duty to give information and render aid.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3409	Illinois SB 3409 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2012-02-07	2012-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/399b4924-f2ac-40be-90ba-5886fb0765e2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3409&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=64965&SessionID=84&GA=97	3619526651cf1024b4f304c0a78b0c2165c4a27f47613b006e05522d9eac7f4e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3409 (97th) — VEH CD-HWY:NO-INJURY ACCIDENTS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle may move the vehicle as soon as possible off the highway to the nearest safe location on an exit ramp shoulder, a frontage road, the nearest suitable cross street, or other suitable location that does not obstruct traffic and remain at that location until the driver has fulfilled the requirements of the Section of the Code concerning the duty to give information and render aid.

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 — 106–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2012-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-17 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2012
• 2012-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2012-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2012-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-10 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-04-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-06 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-07-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0763 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/399b4924-f2ac-40be-90ba-5886fb0765e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).