SB2858sam003 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Paul Faraci

Filed: 4/15/2026

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2858

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2858, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 3-421 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-421)

Sec. 3-421. Right of reassignment.

(a) Every natural person shall have the right of reassignment of the license number issued to him during the current registration plate or digital registration plate term, for the ensuing registration plate or digital registration plate term, provided his or her application for reassignment is received in the Office of the Secretary of State on or before September 30 of the final year of the registration plate or digital registration plate term as to a vehicle registered on a calendar year, and on or before March 31 as to a vehicle registered on a fiscal year. The right of reassignment shall apply to every natural person under the staggered registration system provided the application for reassignment is received in the Office of the Secretary of State by the 1st day of the month immediately preceding the applicant's month of expiration.

In addition, every natural person shall have the right of reassignment of the license number issued to him for a two-year registration, for the ensuing two-year period. Where the two-year period is for two calendar years, the application for reassignment must be received by the Secretary of State on or before September 30th of the year preceding commencement of the two-year period. Where the two-year period is for two fiscal years commencing on July 1, the application for reassignment must be received by the Secretary of State on or before April 30th immediately preceding commencement of the two-year period.

The right of reassignment authorized under this Section shall include the transfer of registration plates from one vehicle owner to another vehicle owner, as long as the transferor and transferee of such plates complete all forms and submit all applicable fees as required by the Secretary of State and this Code for the transfer of registration to a vehicle that is titled in the name of the transferee. However, the transfer authorized under this paragraph shall not apply to registration plates which, by their nature, the transferee would not be eligible to receive. No vehicle owner may transfer registration plates under this paragraph by selling the license number issued to the vehicle owner.

(b) Notwithstanding the above provision, the Secretary of State shall, subject to the existing right of reassignment, have the authority to designate new specific combinations of numerical, alpha-numerical, and numerical-alpha licenses for vehicles registered on a calendar year or on a fiscal year, whether the license be issued for one or more years. The new combinations so specified shall not be subject to the right of reassignment, and no right of reassignment thereto may at any future time be acquired.

(c) If a person has a registration plate in his or her name and seeks to reassign the registration plate to his or her spouse, the Secretary shall waive any transfer fee or vanity or personalized registration plate fee upon both spouses signing a form authorizing the reassignment of registration.

(c-1) If a person who has a registration plate in his or her name seeks to reassign the registration plate to his or her child, the Secretary shall waive any transfer fee or vanity or personalized registration plate fee.

(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19; 101-611, eff. 6-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)".