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Bill	COMMEMORATIVE DATES-SCOTTS LAW	Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates December 23 of each year as "Scott's Law Day" to honor public safety workers and to remind motorists to slow down, change lanes away from a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, and proceed with due regard to safety and traffic conditions.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 246	Illinois HB 246 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	49	2	2015-01-22	2015-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/6f38f79b-0b97-40ef-b790-bd49eb5ba961	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=246&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=83957&SessionID=88&GA=99	bd0063aa187eca42ab8ecf6084fef041d77e274b75aa6cb843c95fff4618f5a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 246 (99th) — COMMEMORATIVE DATES-SCOTTS LAW

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates December 23 of each year as "Scott's Law Day" to honor public safety workers and to remind motorists to slow down, change lanes away from a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, and proceed with due regard to safety and traffic conditions.

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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian W. Stewart — primary (person)
• Dave Syverson — cosponsor (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
• Scott M. Bennett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brian W. Stewart filing
• 2015-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-01-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2015-01-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2015-02-03 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2015-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
• 2015-02-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
• 2015-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
• 2015-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2015-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
• 2015-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2015-02-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
• 2015-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2015-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
• 2015-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2015-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2015-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
• 2015-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2015-02-19 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-02-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2015-02-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-03-03 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2015-03-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 Do Pass Transportation; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2015
• 2015-04-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2015-04-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2015-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2015-04-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2015-04-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2015-05-05 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2015-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2015-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2015
• 2015-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-28 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-07-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0146 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f38f79b-0b97-40ef-b790-bd49eb5ba961. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).