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Bill	POLICE MEMORIAL PLATES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that Illinois State Police Memorial Park license plates may only be issued to active or retired law enforcement officers or their family members, surviving family members of deceased law enforcement officers, and members of or donors to the Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation. Provides that these plates may be affixed to motorcycles over 150cc. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2978	Illinois SB 2978 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/5983efe0-7caa-473c-942b-1a97702bfd6a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2978&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79204&SessionID=85&GA=98	c4b28e7cb938e767c5a0a045a544bfdc5b54145ac58f58b9b3db23c8700fde85	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2978 (98th) — POLICE MEMORIAL PLATES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that Illinois State Police Memorial Park license plates may only be issued to active or retired law enforcement officers or their family members, surviving family members of deceased law enforcement officers, and members of or donors to the Illinois State Police Heritage Foundation. Provides that these plates may be affixed to motorcycles over 150cc. Effective immediately.

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 — 111–6 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)
• John D. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Smiddy — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
• Rich Brauer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Antonio Muñoz filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 Do Pass Transportation; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2014
• 2014-03-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-01 Chief House Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2014-04-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2014-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2014-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2014-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2014-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
• 2014-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
• 2014-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-20 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2014-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2014-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2014
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0945 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5983efe0-7caa-473c-942b-1a97702bfd6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).