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Bill	VEH CD-RELIGIOUS ORG-DRIVER	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may grant a waiver to the requirement that religious organization bus drivers hold a valid driver's license for 3 years prior to the date of application if there was a break of 30 days or less in holding a valid driver's license during that 3 year period.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 3685	Illinois HB 3685 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2013-09-27	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/5a7dcf41-11bf-445d-b7a6-0ac1f803e0a4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3685&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=77071&SessionID=85&GA=98	71f069d6adc66cec0a2a7b4d39985a1215f09a08a1dd3be1b348c083557a19e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3685 (98th) — VEH CD-RELIGIOUS ORG-DRIVER

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may grant a waiver to the requirement that religious organization bus drivers hold a valid driver's license for 3 years prior to the date of application if there was a break of 30 days or less in holding a valid driver's license during that 3 year period.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jay Hoffman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-09-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman filing
• 2013-10-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-10-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-27 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
• 2014-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-11 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 29, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2014-04-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-29 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-05-06 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2014-05-13 Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2014
• 2014-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0884 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a7dcf41-11bf-445d-b7a6-0ac1f803e0a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).