PHILIP-FAWELL-KLEMM. (HOFFMAN-GARRETT-HOLBROOK-FRANKS) 625 ILCS 5/12-815 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-815 625 ILCS 5/12-815.1 new Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires (rather than permits) a school bus to be equipped with one strobe lamp that will emit 60 to 120 flashes per minute of white or bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching the bus from any direction. Requires that all emergency exits of a school bus be outlined with a minimum one inch wide yellow reflective tape or decal. Effective January 1, 2000. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Further amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that a school bus purchased after the effective date of this amendatory Act (instead of all school buses) shall be equipped with one strobe lamp with specified characteristics. Removes the requirements concerning when the strobe lamp shall be lighted. Provides that the requirement for outlining emergency exits of school buses shall begin June 1, 2000. FISCAL NOTE, ENGROSSED (Dept. of Transportation) The expenditure is indeterminate at this time. 99-02-25 S FIRST READING 99-02-25 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 99-03-03 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN 99-03-10 S POSTPONED 99-03-17 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-TRANSPORTN S 99-03-17 S ADOPTED 99-03-17 S DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 STRN 99-03-17 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-18 99-03-17 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR KLEMM 99-03-18 S SECOND READING 99-03-18 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-19 99-03-23 S THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 99-03-23 H ARRIVE IN HOUSE 99-03-23 H PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-24 H HOUSE SPONSOR HOFFMAN 99-03-24 H FIRST READING 99-03-24 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 99-03-25 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GARRETT 99-03-26 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N 99-04-15 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 026-000-003 HTRN 99-04-15 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-04-15 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 99-04-15 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-04-20 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-04-20 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-04-20 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK 99-04-28 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-001-002 99-04-28 S PASSED BOTH HOUSES 99-04-28 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FRANKS 99-05-27 S SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 99-07-16 S GOVERNOR APPROVED 99-07-16 S EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01 99-07-16 S PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0168 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary