Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB4351

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4351

Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new
625 ILCS 5/3.699.29 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue a special registration plate designated as a retro license plate. Provides that the design and color of the plates shall be a replica of the license plates issued between 1983 and 2001. Provides that there shall be an additional $40 fee for original issuance of a retro license plate and a $27 fee for renewal of a retro license plate. Creates the Theresa Tracy Trot-Illinois CancerCare Foundation Fund. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Effective January 1, 2027.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.1038 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new)

Sec. 5.1038. The Theresa Tracy Trot-Illinois CancerCare Foundation Fund.

Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 3.699.29 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3.699.29 new)

Sec. 3.699.29. Retro license plates.

(a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special registration plates designated as retro license plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, autocycles, and motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.

(b) The design and color of the plates shall be a replica of the license plates issued between 1983 and 2001 in the same style as when former Governor Jim Edgar served as Secretary of State. The Secretary may allow the plates to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under Section 3-405.1 of this Code.

(c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a $40 fee for original issuance, in addition to the appropriate registration fees, of which $38 shall be deposited into the Theresa Tracy Trot-Illinois Cancer Care Foundation Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. For each registration renewal period, a $27 fee shall be charged, of which $25 shall be deposited into the Theresa Tracy Trot-Illinois CancerCare Foundation Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.

The Theresa Tracy Trot-Illinois CancerCare Foundation Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Theresa Tracy Trot-Illinois CancerCare Foundation Fund shall be paid to the Illinois CancerCare Foundation for the purpose of furthering pancreatic cancer research as a tribute to Governor Jim Edgar and all Illinoisans who have battled pancreatic cancer.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2027.