republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/90th/sb-495.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "BOAT SAFETY-FLOAT DEV-UNDER 13"
description: "BOAT SAFETY-FLOAT DEV-UNDER 13"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 495"
citation: "Illinois SB 495 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7751914c-b6a7-4d0d-a28e-69d4ddefb44a"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "1e493160809344cfefafc0d0c12ecc9f2e06252736a28aecdf4eb45292d07c42"
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 SB 495 (90th) — BOAT SAFETY-FLOAT DEV-UNDER 13

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0495LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- CHURCHILL — cosponsor (person)
- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- HUGHES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTN S
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-002-000 STRN
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-02-28
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO STRN
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-19
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** BE ADOPTED STRN/006-000-000
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-20
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-003-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR CHURCHILL
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC CONSERV `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HUGHES
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BEAUBIEN
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-002 HAGC
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ERWIN
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-CHURCHILL
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COULSON
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 110-006-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/GEO-KARIS
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/GEO-KARIS
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO STRN
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/GEO-KARIS
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED STRN/009-000-000
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/GEO-KARIS
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/059-000-000
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-18T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0411

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7751914c-b6a7-4d0d-a28e-69d4ddefb44a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).