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type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY IMPOUNDMENTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that counties in addition to municipalities may adopt administrative procedures for the release of impounded vehicles. Provides that counties and municipalities that do not wish to set up an administrative review of the hearing officer's decisions shall direct appeals to the circuit court having jurisdiction over the county or municipality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4743"
citation: "Illinois HB 4743 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6484f9fc-a683-4a79-a7b7-285e83b1df90"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4743&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79417&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "11e669f9d12fb914a24aeb19d715842a9643cde295574665f725e1154b2815f3"
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 4743 (98th) — COUNTY IMPOUNDMENTS
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that counties in addition to municipalities may adopt administrative procedures for the release of impounded vehicles. Provides that counties and municipalities that do not wish to set up an administrative review of the hearing officer's decisions shall direct appeals to the circuit court having jurisdiction over the county or municipality.
## 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=09800HB4743&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79417&DocNum=4743&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4743eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79417&DocNum=4743&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4743enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79417&DocNum=4743&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
- **2014-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-18** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2014-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Meier
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
- **2014-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2014-03-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
- **2014-03-05** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 6, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
- **2014-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2014
- **2014-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0734 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6484f9fc-a683-4a79-a7b7-285e83b1df90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).