Bill Text: IL HB1125 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language providing for reduced registration fees for active duty military personnel. Provides instead that the standard vehicle registration fee for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be waived for active duty military personnel. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1125 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1125-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1125 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin Schmidt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/3-806.7
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language providing for reduced registration fees for active duty military personnel. Provides instead that the standard vehicle registration fee for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds shall be waived for active duty military personnel. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 3-806.7 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/3-806.7)
Sec. 3-806.7. Registration fees for active duty military
personnel.
(a) The Beginning with the 2011 registration year, the
standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this
Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and
motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code,
shall be waived reduced by 50% for any Illinois vehicle owner
who is an active duty or was on active duty as a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States and stationed outside of the
United States for a period of 90 days or longer during the
preceding registration year.
(b) Illinois residents who are members of the Armed Forces
of the United States and who have been stationed outside of the
United States for a period of 6 months or longer, and who
placed their registered motor vehicle in storage during the
time they served abroad, shall be entitled to credit for the

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unused portion of that registration when they renew the
registration of that vehicle upon their return to the United
States. For each month or part thereof that the vehicle was in
storage and had current registration, the member of the armed
forces shall receive one month of registration without charge.
(c) Beginning with the 2017 registration year, the
standard registration fee set forth in Section 3-806 of this
Code for passenger motor vehicles of the first division and
motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
8,000 pounds and registered under Section 3-815 of this Code,
shall be waived for the year following the return of any
Illinois vehicle owner who is a member of the active-duty or
reserve component of the United States Armed Forces who can
provide proof of serving in a combat mission. Nothing in this
subsection is applicable to the additional fees incurred by
specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates.
(Source: P.A. 99-32, eff. 7-10-15.)