republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-1439.md

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Bill	RED CROSS LICENSE PLATES	Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the American Red Cross Fund. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue American Red Cross specialty license plates. Makes the cost of issuance for these plates $40, with $25 going to the American Red Cross Fund and $15 going to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Makes renewal costs $27, with $25 going to the American Red Cross Fund and $2 going to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Allows distribution of moneys in the American Red Cross Fund, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the American Red Cross or charitable entities it designates.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1439	Illinois SB 1439 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2013-02-06	2013-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/637b5261-3a29-48f0-85f5-c487c75fa7f6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1439&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72063&SessionID=85&GA=98	e2e7f75467b8990303553d1ec74b2b0f00bdaf3e62a20ee9a23c26cf7c332a60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1439 (98th) — RED CROSS LICENSE PLATES

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the American Red Cross Fund. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Authorizes the Secretary of State to issue American Red Cross specialty license plates. Makes the cost of issuance for these plates $40, with $25 going to the American Red Cross Fund and $15 going to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Makes renewal costs $27, with $25 going to the American Red Cross Fund and $2 going to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Allows distribution of moneys in the American Red Cross Fund, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to the American Red Cross or charitable entities it designates.

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 — 108–5 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 49–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-06 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard filing
• 2013-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-06 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-14 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2013-03-05 Do Pass Transportation; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2013
• 2013-03-05 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
• 2013-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 049-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2013-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-005-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-07 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2013-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-02 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0151 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/637b5261-3a29-48f0-85f5-c487c75fa7f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).