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type: "Bill"
title: "EMERGENCY SERVICES-VEHICLES"
description: "Amends the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes civil defense from and adds law enforcement or police services, emergency mortuary services, including the duties of a county coroner or medical examiner, and emergency management to the list of entities considered an emergency response agency under the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act. Amends the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle in the Illinois Vehicle Code to include vehicles of a municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency. Provides that permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued, at no charge, to county or municipality owned vehicles operated by or for any emergency services or disaster agency or any county coroner or designated county coroner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2794"
citation: "Illinois SB 2794 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-28"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50eceaa2-b8f5-4a33-8542-2a6f0a2d9a5a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2794&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49783&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "c8f696cf217e3e8adc00d4e0edf954dfb2e5f5c47973e3dd4eb3d2cb42a38e85"
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 2794 (96th) — EMERGENCY SERVICES-VEHICLES
Amends the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes civil defense from and adds law enforcement or police services, emergency mortuary services, including the duties of a county coroner or medical examiner, and emergency management to the list of entities considered an emergency response agency under the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act. Amends the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle in the Illinois Vehicle Code to include vehicles of a municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency. Provides that permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued, at no charge, to county or municipality owned vehicles operated by or for any emergency services or disaster agency or any county coroner or designated county coroner.
## 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=09600SB2794&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49783&DocNum=2794&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2794eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49783&DocNum=2794&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2794enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49783&DocNum=2794&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **510** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gary Forby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2010-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2010-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 005-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2010
- **2010-03-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2010
- **2010-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 007-000-000
- **2010-03-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Forby `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
- **2010-03-12** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-19** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2010-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0986 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50eceaa2-b8f5-4a33-8542-2a6f0a2d9a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).