republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-1597.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-PARKING VIOLATIONS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that notice of penalties and opportunities for hearing with regard to failure to pay fines for parking violations may be sent to the violator's last known address recorded in a United States Postal Service approved database. Provides that, in cases where the violations involved a leased vehicle, notice may be sent to the last address known to the lessor of the vehicle. Provides that, after the expiration of the period during which judicial review may be sought for the administrative adjudication of a parking violation, the municipality commencing an action against the violator may file with the court a certified record (in lieu of a certified copy) of the final determination of violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1597"
citation: "Illinois HB 1597 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e409c9-5252-4cf7-be0e-b9de8acb9914"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1597&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16671&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "72dd243c52451d28ca32de35afe2d1ac921f5463f879c50029f92aebb2c27c50"
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 1597 (94th) — VEH CD-PARKING VIOLATIONS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that notice of penalties and opportunities for hearing with regard to failure to pay fines for parking violations may be sent to the violator's last known address recorded in a United States Postal Service approved database. Provides that, in cases where the violations involved a leased vehicle, notice may be sent to the last address known to the lessor of the vehicle. Provides that, after the expiration of the period during which judicial review may be sought for the administrative adjudication of a parking violation, the municipality commencing an action against the violator may file with the court a certified record (in lieu of a certified copy) of the final determination of violation.

## 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=09400HB1597&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16671&DocNum=1597&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1597eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16671&DocNum=1597&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1597enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16671&DocNum=1597&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- William B. Black — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William B. Black `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 025-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-25** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-25** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William B. Black `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0294 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e409c9-5252-4cf7-be0e-b9de8acb9914`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).