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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-DRIVING WHILE REVOKED"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of a fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth (rather than a fifth or subsequent) offense of driving on a revoked or suspended license or permit is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the revocation or suspension was for a hit-and-run or a DUI violation of the Code or a similar out-of-state offense or a similar provision of a local ordinance or reckless homicide or a statutory summary suspension under the Code. Provides that a person convicted of a tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, or fourteenth offense is guilty of a Class 3 felony, and is not eligible for probation or conditional discharge, if the revocation or suspension was for one of those violations. Provides that person convicted of a fifteenth or subsequent offense is guilty of a Class 2 felony, and is not eligible for probation or conditional discharge, if the revocation or suspension was for one of those violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 888"
citation: "Illinois HB 888 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c1b3ae3-3479-44f7-9bec-1e897a242089"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=888&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15497&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "acaca5c903d02fee4bc087faea09a37b3f58b29702c3affe20b6c8e4c9d841c6"
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 888 (94th) — VEH CD-DRIVING WHILE REVOKED
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of a fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth (rather than a fifth or subsequent) offense of driving on a revoked or suspended license or permit is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the revocation or suspension was for a hit-and-run or a DUI violation of the Code or a similar out-of-state offense or a similar provision of a local ordinance or reckless homicide or a statutory summary suspension under the Code. Provides that a person convicted of a tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, or fourteenth offense is guilty of a Class 3 felony, and is not eligible for probation or conditional discharge, if the revocation or suspension was for one of those violations. Provides that person convicted of a fifteenth or subsequent offense is guilty of a Class 2 felony, and is not eligible for probation or conditional discharge, if the revocation or suspension was for one of those violations.
## 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=09400HB0888&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15497&DocNum=888&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0888eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15497&DocNum=888&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0888enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15497&DocNum=888&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- William B. Black — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2005-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
- **2005-02-08** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. William B. Black
- **2005-02-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-18** 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
- **2005-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2005-03-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2005-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2005-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2005-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2005-03-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2005-03-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-05** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0112 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c1b3ae3-3479-44f7-9bec-1e897a242089`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).