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Bill	RETIRED MEMBER SPOUSE PLATES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows surviving spouses of retired members of the General Assembly with retired member of the General Assembly plates to retain those plates for as long as they remain residents of Illinois and transfer the registration to their name within 90 days of the retired member's death. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 1461	Illinois HB 1461 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2013-02-06	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f2e880e8-dd21-42c0-9d31-c90190a906fd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1461&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72223&SessionID=85&GA=98	33c797e3f3c01bf681043715d48e6fdd66871068d03e5f4314640112509d2410	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1461 (98th) — RETIRED MEMBER SPOUSE PLATES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows surviving spouses of retired members of the General Assembly with retired member of the General Assembly plates to retain those plates for as long as they remain residents of Illinois and transfer the registration to their name within 90 days of the retired member's death. Effective immediately.

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 — 96–19 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John D'Amico — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John D'Amico filing
• 2013-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-19 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-02-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Martwick
• 2013-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2013-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2013-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 096-019-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2013-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2013-03-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 12, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-23 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass Transportation; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
• 2013-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 040-010-001 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2013
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0223 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2e880e8-dd21-42c0-9d31-c90190a906fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).