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type: "Bill"
title: "ALTER SPEED LIMIT-SIGNS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that when the county board alters the maximum speed limit, the county board may post signs designating the new speed limit. Amends Public Act 95-574 (concerning alteration of speed limits by local authorities) to provide that it takes effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act or June 1, 2008, whichever occurs first. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4839"
citation: "Illinois HB 4839 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-07"
last_action: "2008-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a044c33-5ca6-4d44-9688-7ca9f8613f52"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4839&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35641&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "f8c99ac947d493556d9626a0506c567dcc36d8a31d45ad59789e5c8982439626"
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 4839 (95th) — ALTER SPEED LIMIT-SIGNS
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that when the county board alters the maximum speed limit, the county board may post signs designating the new speed limit. Amends Public Act 95-574 (concerning alteration of speed limits by local authorities) to provide that it takes effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act or June 1, 2008, whichever occurs first. Effective immediately.
## 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=09500HB4839&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35641&DocNum=4839&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4839eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35641&DocNum=4839&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4839enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35641&DocNum=4839&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1040** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Renée Kosel — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2008-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Renée Kosel `filing`
- **2008-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-20** Assigned to Drivers Education & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Drivers Education & Safety Committee; 006-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-02-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-02-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-03-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 11, 2008 `reading-1`
- **2008-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2008-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-07** Effective Date August 7, 2008
- **2008-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0788 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a044c33-5ca6-4d44-9688-7ca9f8613f52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).