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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-WEIGHT LIMIT EXEMPTION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle or combination of vehicles operated by an engine fueled wholly or partially by an electric battery or hydrogen fuel cell electric fueling system may exceed the posted weight limits by up to 2,000 pounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2394"
citation: "Illinois HB 2394 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harry Benton", "Meg Loughran Cappel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0aa6457-1f56-4eeb-ab8b-50c0eb5724aa"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2394&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=160113&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "f28bbb099b281d44966abf4fa5e1b083f51931671f3459a4cefb310b9f061388"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 2394 (104th) — VEH CD-WEIGHT LIMIT EXEMPTION
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle or combination of vehicles operated by an engine fueled wholly or partially by an electric battery or hydrogen fuel cell electric fueling system may exceed the posted weight limits by up to 2,000 pounds.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2394.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2394eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2394ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2394enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Transportation: Vehicles & Safety — **83** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **7537** (pass) · lower
- Transportation — **171** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **448** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Harry Benton — primary (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Nicolle Grasse — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Katz Muhl — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-31** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-25** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Harry Benton `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
- **2025-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 008-003-000
- **2025-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2025-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-037-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
- **2025-04-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Do Pass Transportation; 017-001-000
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2025
- **2025-05-23** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
- **2025-06-02** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
- **2025-10-14** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2025-10-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading October 15, 2025
- **2025-10-15** Third Reading - Passed; 044-008-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-11-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-21** Effective Date June 1, 2026
- **2025-11-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0436 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0aa6457-1f56-4eeb-ab8b-50c0eb5724aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).