republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-3555.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-SOS: PLATES; VARIOUS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds motorcycles to the list of vehicles for which the Secretary of State may issue Professional Sports Teams license plates. Provides that the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer all moneys in the Professional Sports Team Education Fund to the Common School Fund every 6 months (instead of \"All moneys in the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into the Common School Fund\"). Provides that the Secretary may provide an expedited process for the issuance of vehicle registration plates and contains additional provisions concerning applications and fees for expedited vehicle registration. Repeals a Section concerning a corporate-sponsored license plate study and a Section concerning a graduated registration fee study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3555"
citation: "Illinois SB 3555 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-08"
last_action: "2012-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5f4f6a4-7863-494e-8cb2-db5bf9d7dc94"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3555&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65335&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "a45f7cb2c0cbc4c7bd556432e6027e84c6127f3f6615136071663f46f76b38ef"
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 3555 (97th) — VEH CD-SOS: PLATES; VARIOUS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds motorcycles to the list of vehicles for which the Secretary of State may issue Professional Sports Teams license plates. Provides that the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer all moneys in the Professional Sports Team Education Fund to the Common School Fund every 6 months (instead of "All moneys in the Professional Sports Teams Education Fund shall, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary, be deposited every 6 months into the Common School Fund"). Provides that the Secretary may provide an expedited process for the issuance of vehicle registration plates and contains additional provisions concerning applications and fees for expedited vehicle registration. Repeals a Section concerning a corporate-sponsored license plate study and a Section concerning a graduated registration fee study.

## 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=09700SB3555&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65335&DocNum=3555&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3555eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65335&DocNum=3555&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3555enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=65335&DocNum=3555&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **75–38** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2012-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-29** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2012
- **2012-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012
- **2012-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
- **2012-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-16** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert Rita
- **2012-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-038-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0914 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5f4f6a4-7863-494e-8cb2-db5bf9d7dc94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).