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Bill	VEH CD-PURPLE HEART PLATES:FEE	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person eligible to be issued Purple Heart plates may display the plates on one vehicle without the payment of any registration or registration renewal fee. Provides that for a person who has been issued Purple Heart plates for an additional vehicle and who has been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act, the annual fee for the registration of the vehicle shall be $24.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4491	Illinois HB 4491 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2014-01-30	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/7cdf35e3-d05b-4317-9681-aa251dcabc6d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4491&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78862&SessionID=85&GA=98	c854d4ee0339fa960b8b0379089252415d1674ffff15a848111dbb0b79d8ebeb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4491 (98th) — VEH CD-PURPLE HEART PLATES:FEE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person eligible to be issued Purple Heart plates may display the plates on one vehicle without the payment of any registration or registration renewal fee. Provides that for a person who has been issued Purple Heart plates for an additional vehicle and who has been approved for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act, the annual fee for the registration of the vehicle shall be $24.

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 — 110–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C.D. Davidsmeyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norine Hammond filing
• 2014-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-24 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
• 2014-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2014-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
• 2014-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2014-04-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2014-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2014-04-25 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2014-04-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2014-04-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2014-05-01 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2014
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 98-0902 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cdf35e3-d05b-4317-9681-aa251dcabc6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).