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| Bill | ACCIDENTS WHILE LICENSE SUSP. | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Raises the penalty for a violation of the restriction on driving while a license is suspended or revoked if the violation results in an accident that causes bodily injury to a Class 4 felony if the driver has no prior violations, a Class 3 felony if the driver has previously been convicted of violating this Section, and a Class 2 felony if the driver has been convicted of violating this Section on 2 or more prior occasions. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 98th | SB 1735 | Illinois SB 1735 (98th) |
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enacted | 3 | 41 | 2 | 2013-02-15 | 2013-08-09 | openstates | ocd-bill/cb626f77-3e13-4c6b-9417-bc0fefb9427d | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1735&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72641&SessionID=85&GA=98 | c44f4f422d5ae5a188e83d8e4601ac4ffcaed6b65edc44ff42ea170facacd84f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 1735 (98th) — ACCIDENTS WHILE LICENSE SUSP.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Raises the penalty for a violation of the restriction on driving while a license is suspended or revoked if the violation results in an accident that causes bodily injury to a Class 4 felony if the driver has no prior violations, a Class 3 felony if the driver has previously been convicted of violating this Section, and a Class 2 felony if the driver has been convicted of violating this Section on 2 or more prior occasions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 48–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Carol A. Sente — cosponsor (person)
- Chapin Rose — primary (person)
- Deborah Mell — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)
- Silvana Tabares — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose
filing - 2013-02-15 First Reading
reading-1 - 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2013-02-27 Assigned to Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2013-03-07 To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
- 2013-03-20 Reported Back To Criminal Law; 003-000-000
- 2013-03-22 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2013
- 2013-04-11 Postponed - Criminal Law
- 2013-04-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose
amendment-introduction - 2013-04-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2013-04-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
- 2013-04-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2013-04-17 Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 007-000-002
committee-passage - 2013-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2013
- 2013-04-18 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2013-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2013
- 2013-04-23 Third Reading - Passed; 048-002-001
reading-3, passage - 2013-04-24 Arrived in House
introduction - 2013-04-29 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- 2013-04-29 First Reading
reading-1 - 2013-04-29 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2013-04-29 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
referral-committee - 2013-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2013-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
- 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
- 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-002
reading-3, passage - 2013-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- 2013-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
- 2013-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- 2013-05-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2013-05-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2013-05-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- 2013-05-15 Passed Both Houses
- 2013-06-13 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2013-08-09 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2013-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2014
- 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0285
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb626f77-3e13-4c6b-9417-bc0fefb9427d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).