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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-THIRD DIVISION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Divides vehicles into 3 (instead of 2) divisions. Provides that a third division motor vehicle is a vehicle which is designed for the carrying of more than 10 persons and not more than 15 persons and which is designed or used only as a multifunction school-activity bus. Provides that the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, shall develop a separate classroom course and refresher course for operation of vehicles of the third division being operated as multifunction school-activity buses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2962"
citation: "Illinois HB 2962 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Fine", "Michael Crawford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/363e806c-3e95-4645-8518-0d7b54dabb63"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2962&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=161188&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "e82135a86d6cea0dcd2cfc1356be4e9fbf2ac21c6dcafca0e87aa224ffd57c02"
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 2962 (104th) — VEH CD-THIRD DIVISION
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Divides vehicles into 3 (instead of 2) divisions. Provides that a third division motor vehicle is a vehicle which is designed for the carrying of more than 10 persons and not more than 15 persons and which is designed or used only as a multifunction school-activity bus. Provides that the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, shall develop a separate classroom course and refresher course for operation of vehicles of the third division being operated as multifunction school-activity buses.
## 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/10400HB2962.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2962eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2962ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2962enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Transportation: Vehicles & Safety — **120** (pass) · lower
- Transportation: Vehicles & Safety, Amendment 1 — **120** (pass) · lower
- Education — **140** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Michael Crawford — primary (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Katz Muhl — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl `filing`
- **2025-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
- **2025-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
- **2025-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
- **2025-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2025-04-10** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-04-10** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lisa Davis
- **2025-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2025-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-29** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass Education; 014-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date July 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0256 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/363e806c-3e95-4645-8518-0d7b54dabb63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).