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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-PURPLE HEART PLATES:FEE"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4491"
citation: "Illinois HB 4491 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-01-30"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cdf35e3-d05b-4317-9681-aa251dcabc6d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4491&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78862&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "c854d4ee0339fa960b8b0379089252415d1674ffff15a848111dbb0b79d8ebeb"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4491&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78862&DocNum=4491&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4491eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78862&DocNum=4491&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4491enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=78862&DocNum=4491&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1102** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cdf35e3-d05b-4317-9681-aa251dcabc6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).