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SB2857 • 2026
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Sent to the Governor
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000
Passed Both Houses
Second Reading - Short Debate
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety ; 010-000-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Cochran
Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michelle Mussman
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
Chief House Sponsor Rep. Justin Cochran
Arrived in House
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 15, 2026
Second Reading
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 26, 2026
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
Do Pass as Amended Transportation ; 018-000-000
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2026
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Paul Faraci
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
Assigned to Transportation
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Paul Faraci
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
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Full Text of SB2857 Home Legislation Full Text SB2857 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Enrolled Senate Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Enrolled Senate Amendment 001 Open PDF SB2857 Enrolled LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 5 changing Section 3-413 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413) 7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-125 ) 8 Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates or digital 9 registration plates, registration stickers or digital 10 registration stickers, and drive-away permits; registration 11 plate or digital registration plate covers. 12 (a) Registration plates or digital registration plates 13 issued for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, autocycle, 14 trailer, semitrailer, truck-tractor, apportioned bus, or 15 apportioned truck shall be attached thereto, one in the 16 frontmost and one in the rearmost. The registration plate or 17 digital registration plate issued for a motorcycle, autocycle, 18 trailer or semitrailer required to be registered hereunder and 19 any apportionment plate issued to a bus under the provisions 20 of this Code shall be attached to the rearmost thereof. The 21 registration plate or digital registration plate issued for a 22 truck-tractor or an apportioned truck required to be 23 registered hereunder shall be attached to the frontmost SB2857 Enrolled - 2 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 thereof. 2 (b) Except for vehicles with rear loaded motorized 3 forklifts, every registration plate or digital registration 4 plate shall at all times be securely fastened in a horizontal 5 position to the vehicle for which it is issued so as to prevent 6 the plate from swinging and at a height of not less than 5 7 inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of such 8 plate, in a place and position to be clearly visible and shall 9 be maintained in a condition to be clearly legible, free from 10 any materials that would obstruct the visibility of the plate. 11 A registration plate or digital registration plate on a 12 motorcycle may be mounted vertically as long as it is 13 otherwise clearly visible. Registration stickers or digital 14 registration stickers issued as evidence of renewed annual 15 registration shall be attached to registration plates or 16 displayed on digital registration plates as required by the 17 Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at all times and 18 displayed as prescribed in subsection (k). For those vehicles 19 with rear loaded motorized forklifts, if the rear plate is 20 securely fastened in a horizontal position as prescribed, the 21 plate and registration sticker shall not be required to be 22 clearly visible at all times as a result of the rear mounted 23 motorized forklift obstructing the view. 24 (c) Every drive-away permit issued pursuant to this Code 25 shall be firmly attached to the motor vehicle in the manner 26 prescribed by the Secretary of State. If a drive-away permit SB2857 Enrolled - 3 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 is affixed to a motor vehicle in any other manner the permit 2 shall be void and of no effect. 3 (d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign 4 registered vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned 5 with Illinois, shall be displayed on a registration plate or 6 digital registration plate and displayed on the frontmost of 7 such vehicle in the same manner as an Illinois registration 8 plate or digital registration plate. 9 (e) The registration plate or digital registration plate 10 issued for a camper body mounted on a truck displaying 11 registration plates or digital registration plates shall be 12 attached to the rearmost of the camper body. 13 (f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the 14 operation of a vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois 15 registration plate or plates or digital registration plate or 16 plates or registration stickers or digital registration 17 stickers, except as provided for in subsection (b) of Section 18 3-701 of this Code, after the termination of the registration 19 period for which issued or after the expiration date set 20 pursuant to Sections 3-414 and 3-414.1 of this Code. 21 (g) A person may not operate any motor vehicle that is 22 equipped with registration plate or digital registration plate 23 covers. A violation of this subsection (g) or a similar 24 provision of a local ordinance is an offense against laws and 25 ordinances regulating the movement of traffic. 26 (h) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration SB2857 Enrolled - 4 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 plate or digital registration plate cover. A violation of this 2 subsection (h) is a business offense. 3 (i) A person may not advertise for the purpose of 4 promoting the sale of registration plate or digital 5 registration plate covers. A violation of this subsection (i) 6 is a business offense. 7 (j) A person may not modify the original manufacturer's 8 mounting location of the rear registration plate or digital 9 registration plate on any vehicle so as to conceal the 10 registration or to knowingly cause it to be obstructed in an 11 effort to hinder a peace officer from obtaining the 12 registration for the enforcement of a violation of this Code, 13 Section 27.1 of the Toll Highway Act concerning toll evasion, 14 or any municipal ordinance. Modifications prohibited by this 15 subsection (j) include but are not limited to the use of an 16 electronic device. A violation of this subsection (j) is a 17 Class A misdemeanor. 18 (k) Registration stickers issued as evidence of renewed 19 registration by the Secretary shall be displayed on the upper 20 right corner of the rear registration plate or in a manner 21 otherwise provided by the Secretary. However, registration 22 stickers issued to truck-tractors shall be displayed on the 23 upper right corner of the front registration plate or in a 24 manner otherwise provided by the Secretary. 25 (l) No person shall affix to any registration plate, 26 temporary registration plate, digital registration plate, SB2857 Enrolled - 5 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 registration sticker, or other evidence of registration issued 2 by the Secretary any medallion, insignia, sticker, or other 3 object not issued or approved by the Secretary. No person 4 shall alter, manipulate, apply, or otherwise manipulate any 5 evidence of registration issued by the Secretary in any manner 6 from the original condition as was received when issued by the 7 Secretary. It is unlawful to operate any vehicle that displays 8 evidence of registration altered in any manner or displaying 9 any medallion, insignia, sticker, or other object as 10 prescribed in this subsection. 11 (Source: P.A. 103-706, eff. 1-1-25 .) 12 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-125 ) 13 Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates or digital 14 registration plates, registration stickers or digital 15 registration stickers, and drive-away permits; registration 16 plate or digital registration plate covers. 17 (a) Registration plates or digital registration plates 18 issued for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, autocycle, 19 trailer, semitrailer, truck-tractor, apportioned bus, or 20 apportioned truck shall be attached thereto, one in the 21 frontmost and one in the rearmost. The registration plate or 22 digital registration plate issued for a motorcycle, autocycle, 23 trailer or semitrailer required to be registered hereunder and 24 any apportionment plate issued to a bus under the provisions 25 of this Code shall be attached to the rearmost thereof. The SB2857 Enrolled - 6 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 registration plate or digital registration plate issued for a 2 truck-tractor or an apportioned truck required to be 3 registered hereunder shall be attached to the frontmost 4 thereof. 5 (b) Except for vehicles with rear loaded motorized 6 forklifts, every registration plate or digital registration 7 plate shall at all times be securely fastened in a horizontal 8 position to the vehicle for which it is issued so as to prevent 9 the plate from swinging and at a height of not less than 5 10 inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of such 11 plate, in a place and position to be clearly visible and shall 12 be maintained in a condition to be clearly legible, free from 13 any materials that would obstruct the visibility of the plate. 14 A registration plate or digital registration plate on a 15 motorcycle may be mounted vertically as long as it is 16 otherwise clearly visible. Registration stickers or digital 17 registration stickers issued as evidence of renewed annual 18 registration shall be attached to registration plates or 19 displayed on digital registration plates as required by the 20 Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at all times and 21 displayed as prescribed in subsection (k). For those vehicles 22 with rear loaded motorized forklifts, if the rear plate is 23 securely fastened in a horizontal position as prescribed, the 24 plate and registration sticker shall not be required to be 25 clearly visible at all times as a result of the rear mounted 26 motorized forklift obstructing the view. SB2857 Enrolled - 7 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 (c) Every drive-away permit issued pursuant to this Code 2 shall be firmly attached to the motor vehicle in the manner 3 prescribed by the Secretary of State. If a drive-away permit 4 is affixed to a motor vehicle in any other manner the permit 5 shall be void and of no effect. 6 (d) The Illinois prorate decal issued to a foreign 7 registered vehicle part of a fleet prorated or apportioned 8 with Illinois, shall be displayed on a registration plate or 9 digital registration plate and displayed on the frontmost of 10 such vehicle in the same manner as an Illinois registration 11 plate or digital registration plate. 12 (e) The registration plate or digital registration plate 13 issued for a camper body mounted on a truck displaying 14 registration plates or digital registration plates shall be 15 attached to the rearmost of the camper body. 16 (f) No person shall operate a vehicle, nor permit the 17 operation of a vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois 18 registration plate or plates or digital registration plate or 19 plates or registration stickers or digital registration 20 stickers, except as provided for in subsection (b) of Section 21 3-701 of this Code, after the termination of the registration 22 period for which issued or after the expiration date set 23 pursuant to Sections 3-414 and 3-414.1 of this Code. 24 (g) A person may not operate any motor vehicle that is 25 equipped with registration plate or digital registration plate 26 covers. A violation of this subsection (g) or a similar SB2857 Enrolled - 8 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 provision of a local ordinance is an offense against laws and 2 ordinances regulating the movement of traffic. 3 (h) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration 4 plate or digital registration plate cover. A violation of this 5 subsection (h) is a business offense. 6 (i) A person may not advertise for the purpose of 7 promoting the sale of registration plate or digital 8 registration plate covers. A violation of this subsection (i) 9 is a business offense. 10 (j) A person may not modify the original manufacturer's 11 mounting location of the rear registration plate or digital 12 registration plate on any vehicle so as to conceal the 13 registration or to knowingly cause it to be obstructed in an 14 effort to hinder a peace officer from obtaining the 15 registration for the enforcement of a violation of this Code, 16 Section 27.1 of the Toll Highway Act concerning toll evasion, 17 or any municipal ordinance. Modifications prohibited by this 18 subsection (j) include but are not limited to the use of an 19 electronic device. A violation of this subsection (j) is a 20 Class A misdemeanor. 21 (k) Registration stickers issued as evidence of renewed 22 registration by the Secretary shall be displayed on the upper 23 right corner of the rear registration plate or in a manner 24 otherwise provided by the Secretary. However, registration 25 stickers issued to truck-tractors shall be displayed on the 26 upper right corner of the front registration plate or in a SB2857 Enrolled - 9 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 manner otherwise provided by the Secretary. 2 (l) No person shall affix to any registration plate, 3 temporary registration plate, digital registration plate, 4 registration sticker, or other evidence of registration issued 5 by the Secretary any medallion, insignia, sticker, tape, or 6 other object not issued or approved by the Secretary. No 7 person shall alter, manipulate, apply, or otherwise manipulate 8 any evidence of registration issued by the Secretary in any 9 manner from the original condition as was received when issued 10 by the Secretary. It is unlawful to operate any vehicle that 11 (i) displays evidence of registration altered in any manner or 12 displaying any medallion, insignia, sticker, tape, or other 13 object as prescribed in this subsection or (ii) is equipped 14 with a manual, electronic, or mechanical device that hides or 15 obscures a registration plate. 16 (m) A motor vehicle dealer in this State may, at the 17 request of the purchaser, install a front registration plate 18 mounting bracket on a motor vehicle that requires a front 19 registration plate under Section 3-413. Any such installation 20 shall be performed in accordance with the vehicle 21 manufacturer's instructions or recommended procedures. A motor 22 vehicle dealer who installs a front registration plate 23 mounting bracket in accordance with the manufacturer's 24 instructions or recommended procedures shall not be liable for 25 any damage to the vehicle resulting from the installation, and 26 such installation shall not constitute a modification that SB2857 Enrolled - 10 - LRB104 15621 SPS 28788 b 1 voids or otherwise affects any manufacturer warranty 2 applicable to the vehicle. As used in this subsection, "motor 3 vehicle dealer" means dealers subject to Section 5-101, 5-102, 4 or 5-102.8. 5 (Source: P.A. 103-706, eff. 1-1-25; 104-125, eff. 1-1-26.) 6 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. 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