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---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEHICLE CODE-ABANDONED VEHICLE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the owner (instead of the driver) of a vehicle is responsible for paying fines, charges, and costs on an abandoned vehicle and may be penalized for failure to do so."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 298"
citation: "Illinois HB 298 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/827f42ae-3e98-4b97-99d3-cb847776ddf6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=298&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=628&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "e3305cf7cefa0f0e8fb6350ffd1fc83f7cb375f83d2d26eb5831f4a1e5e31305"
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 298 (93rd) — VEHICLE CODE-ABANDONED VEHICLE
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the owner (instead of the driver) of a vehicle is responsible for paying fines, charges, and costs on an abandoned vehicle and may be penalized for failure to do so.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0298&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=628&DocNum=298&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0298eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=628&DocNum=298&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0298enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=628&DocNum=298&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Poe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2003-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Raymond Poe `filing`
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2003-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-29** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 19, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
- **2003-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2003-05-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-02** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0086 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/827f42ae-3e98-4b97-99d3-cb847776ddf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).