Illinois Senate Bill 75 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2017, each school bus that is purchased new shall be equipped with seat safety belts for each passenger. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt rules to ensure that school districts require all passengers on those buses to wear seat safety belts. Provides that, except for willful or wanton misconduct, a school bus driver may not be held personally liable for the failure of passengers to wear seat safety belts. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Municipal Code. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.

VEH CD-SEAT BELTS-SCHOOL BUS

Sen. John Cullerton [D]

Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-01-04	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
2017-05-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-05-19	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-05-05	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
2017-04-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017
2017-04-04	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
2017-03-28	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2017-03-28	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
2017-03-07	Senate	Assigned to Transportation
2017-01-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2017-01-12	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-01-12	Senate	First Reading
2017-01-12	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	805	8.41	New Code	See Bill Text
625	5	12-807	Amended Code	Citation Text
65	5	11-40-2a	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=75&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0075.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0075sam001.htm