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SB 50 — VEH SEAT BELTS-STOPS-SEARCHES
Last action — Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2003. Enacted.
Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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4 sponsors
0 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Deletes language providing that law enforcement officers may not stop or search any vehicle solely on the basis of the failure of the occupants to wear seat belts.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
3 added · 3 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent changes to Bill SB 50 removed three lines from its previous version and added three new lines. This update likely reflects adjustments to the content or language of the bill, perhaps clarifying its intent or improving its legal effectiveness. These modifications matter because they can influence how the bill is interpreted and implemented, potentially impacting the communities and stakeholders it affects.
SB50 EngrossedEnrolled LRB093 02135 DRH 02142 b AN ACT concerning vehicles.
SB50 EngrossedEnrolled -2- LRB093 02135 DRH 02142 b 3.
108-1) SB50 EngrossedEnrolled -3- LRB093 02135 DRH 02142 b Sec.
Action History
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0099
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Effective Date July 3, 2003
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-038-002
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Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-003-000
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Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 034-024-001
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003
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Second Reading
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2003
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Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-001-000
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
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Postponed - Judiciary
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
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Assigned to Judiciary
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Sponsor Removed Sen. Dan Cronin
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
Sponsors
- John J. Cullerton · Cosponsor
- Dan Brady · Cosponsor
- Maria Antonia Berrios · Cosponsor
- Paul D. Froehlich · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 179 not signed on · 5 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (4)
- John J. Cullerton
- Dan Brady
- Maria Antonia Berrios
- Paul D. Froehlich
Not signed on (179)
179 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 179 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 66 | 35 | 0 | 5 |
| Democrat | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 38 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 64% | 32% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Nay |
| Leitch | — | Nay |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Nay |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Nay |
| Boland | — | Nay |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Nay |
| Brauer | — | Nay |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Nay |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Not Voting |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Nay |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Nay |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Novak | — | Nay |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Not Voting |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Nay |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Nay |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Nay |
| Hannig | — | Nay |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Nay |
| Flider | — | Nay |
| Forby | — | Nay |
| Franks | — | Nay |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Nay |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Nay |
| McKeon | — | Not Voting |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Davis, Steve | — | Nay |
| Moffitt | — | Nay |
| Mulligan | — | Not Voting |
| Myers | — | Nay |
| O'Brien | — | Nay |
| Tenhouse | — | Nay |
| Verschoore | — | Nay |
| Churchill | — | Nay |
| Cultra | — | Nay |
| Jefferson | — | Nay |
| Washington | — | Not Voting |
| Winters | — | Nay |
| Wirsing | — | Nay |
| Phelps | — | Nay |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Nay |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Nay |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Nay |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 27 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 34 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 58% | 41% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Nay |
| Althoff | — | Nay |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Nay |
| Burzynski | — | Nay |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Nay |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Nay |
| Petka | — | Nay |
| Jacobs | — | Nay |
| Jones, J. | — | Nay |
| Philip | — | Nay |
| Jones, W. | — | Nay |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Demuzio | — | Nay |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Nay |
| Wojcik | — | Nay |
| Woolard | — | Not Voting |
| Cronin | — | Nay |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Nay |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Nay |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Nay |
| Righter | — | Nay |
| Risinger | — | Nay |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Nay |
| Rutherford | — | Nay |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 50 do?
- Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Deletes language providing that law enforcement officers may not stop or search any vehicle solely on the basis of the failure of the occupants to wear seat belts.
- Who sponsors SB 50?
- SB 50 is sponsored by John J. Cullerton, Dan Brady, Maria Antonia Berrios, and Paul D. Froehlich.
- What is the current status of SB 50?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2003. Enacted.
- Where can I track SB 50?
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