republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-989.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-PUBLIC SAFETY DIVER PLT"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Public Safety Diver Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Public Safety Diver special license plates. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $45 for original issuance of the plates, of which $30 shall be deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that an additional fee of $27 shall be charged for each renewal, of which $25 shall be deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that money in the Public Safety Diver Fund shall be paid to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purposes of providing training, standards, equipment, and facilities to all public safety disciplines involved in public safety diving and water rescue services, with a primary focus toward volunteer responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 989"
citation: "Illinois HB 989 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8319cfb-1afd-47d9-a555-99493d40ff33"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=989&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=71375&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "427225a65eae684321e152781f6a0dd7549e7b7ea4f2014b24fe05544ad9ae87"
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 989 (98th) — VEH CD-PUBLIC SAFETY DIVER PLT

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Public Safety Diver Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Public Safety Diver special license plates. Provides that the applicant shall pay an additional fee of $45 for original issuance of the plates, of which $30 shall be deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $15 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that an additional fee of $27 shall be charged for each renewal, of which $25 shall be deposited into the Public Safety Diver Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that money in the Public Safety Diver Fund shall be paid to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purposes of providing training, standards, equipment, and facilities to all public safety disciplines involved in public safety diving and water rescue services, with a primary focus toward volunteer responders.

## 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=09800HB0989&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=71375&DocNum=989&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0989eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=71375&DocNum=989&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0989enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=71375&DocNum=989&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Reis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David Reis `filing`
- **2013-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-13** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-02-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-007-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 12, 2013 `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2013-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Do Pass Transportation; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
- **2013-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
- **2013-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 053-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0376 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8319cfb-1afd-47d9-a555-99493d40ff33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).