Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Contains a statement of public policy. Provides that the owner of record of any vehicle found containing specified fireworks that were not purchased in a manner legally consistent with the Pyrotechnic Use Act from a pyrotechnic or consumer fireworks distributor or retailer authorized through the Office of the State Fire Marshal may be subject to impoundment by units of local government in conjunction with local law enforcement, and that return of vehicles impounded under this amendatory Act is subject to existing or future local ordinances concerning return of impounded vehicles. Provides various exceptions and exemptions from the provisions allowing for the impoundment of vehicles containing illegal fireworks. Effective January 1, 2012.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2005 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Arthur Wilhelmi [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Toi Hutchinson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Noland [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Martin Sandoval [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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