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Bill	VEH CD-SEAT BELTS-EXCEPTIONS	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the exception to safety belt requirements does not apply to vehicles of the fire department; vehicles of the Office of the State Fire Marshal; or ambulances, unless the delivery of life-saving measures prohibits the use of a seat safety belt. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2776	Illinois HB 2776 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2013-02-21	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/bd17172d-b670-43fb-8f6d-a6a94a9e6894	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2776&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74590&SessionID=85&GA=98	859cff6aa0f2576b6214d73c41c8f727dede8bf4de0e92a82651cde6cc35d2e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2776 (98th) — VEH CD-SEAT BELTS-EXCEPTIONS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the exception to safety belt requirements does not apply to vehicles of the fire department; vehicles of the Office of the State Fire Marshal; or ambulances, unless the delivery of life-saving measures prohibits the use of a seat safety belt. 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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 89–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt filing
• 2013-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Public Safety: Police & Fire Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Safety: Police & Fire Committee; 017-003-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-15 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
• 2013-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2013-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2013-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2013-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2013-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2013-04-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2013-04-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2013-04-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-30 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2013-05-08 Postponed - Transportation
• 2013-05-10 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2013
• 2013-05-29 Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 30, 2013
• 2013-05-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 31, 2013
• 2013-05-31 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2013
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0451 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd17172d-b670-43fb-8f6d-a6a94a9e6894. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).