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type: "Bill"
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title: "VEH CD-MOTORCYCLE ACCENT LIGHT"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a motorcycle may be equipped with auxiliary accent lights, including standard bulb running lights and light emitting diode pods and strips. Provides that the auxiliary accent lights shall not be red or white or oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. Defines \"auxiliary accent light\"."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "99th"
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identifier: "HB 3944"
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citation: "Illinois HB 3944 (99th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 62
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2015-02-27"
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last_action: "2015-08-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/941e1ba3-cef3-43b9-b82f-107dd8ced7ff"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3944&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90158&SessionID=88&GA=99"
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source_hash: "55f78645f22b4a37f6ced0967a8f06b4af36fa87536887abb9bcd91819c0ebc5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 3944 (99th) — VEH CD-MOTORCYCLE ACCENT LIGHT
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a motorcycle may be equipped with auxiliary accent lights, including standard bulb running lights and light emitting diode pods and strips. Provides that the auxiliary accent lights shall not be red or white or oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. Defines "auxiliary accent light".
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3944&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90158&DocNum=3944&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3944eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90158&DocNum=3944&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3944enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90158&DocNum=3944&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darin M. LaHood — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave Syverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant — cosponsor (person)
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- Jim Oberweis — cosponsor (person)
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- John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
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- Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Connelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Pat McGuire — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas M. Bennett — primary (person)
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- Tim Bivins — cosponsor (person)
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- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett `filing`
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- **2015-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
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- **2015-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
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- **2015-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
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- **2015-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
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- **2015-03-12** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
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- **2015-03-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2015-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
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- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
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- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
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- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
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- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
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- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
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- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
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- **2015-04-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
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- **2015-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett `amendment-introduction`
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- **2015-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
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- **2015-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-04-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2015-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2015-04-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
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- **2015-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
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- **2015-04-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2015-04-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
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- **2015-04-23** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
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- **2015-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2015-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 28, 2015 `reading-1`
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- **2015-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
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- **2015-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
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- **2015-04-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
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- **2015-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2015-04-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
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- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
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- **2015-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
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- **2015-05-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
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- **2015-05-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
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- **2015-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
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- **2015-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
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- **2015-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
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- **2015-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
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- **2015-05-13** Do Pass Transportation; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2015
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- **2015-05-14** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
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- **2015-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2015-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2015
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- **2015-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jim Oberweis
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- **2015-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
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- **2015-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
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- **2015-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2015-05-20** Passed Both Houses
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- **2015-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2015-08-03** Effective Date August 3, 2015
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- **2015-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0242 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/941e1ba3-cef3-43b9-b82f-107dd8ced7ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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