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Bill	WATERCRAFT TOWING	Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Requires operators of a watercraft towing a person or persons to display red or orange flags on their watercraft.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2731	Illinois SB 2731 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2014-01-28	2014-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/cd47a7a9-186b-4f0b-a0b0-f61fc66ea93b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2731&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78485&SessionID=85&GA=98	9aedeb78bebff7ea8cd31ce83b24276c50989031efa346527bfc3baec4b779c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2731 (98th) — WATERCRAFT TOWING

Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Requires operators of a watercraft towing a person or persons to display red or orange flags on their watercraft.

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 — 97–7 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• JoAnn D. Osmond — cosponsor (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-28 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison filing
• 2014-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-01-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Assigned to Special Committee on Watercraft Safety referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2014-03-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Special Committee on Watercraft Safety
• 2014-03-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-27 Do Pass as Amended Special Committee on Watercraft Safety; 004-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2014
• 2014-04-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2014
• 2014-04-07 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2014-04-07 Third Reading - Passed; 045-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-07 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2014-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-28 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2014-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-007-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-07 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-07 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-07-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0697 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd47a7a9-186b-4f0b-a0b0-f61fc66ea93b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).