SPRINGFIELD - Tuesday, the Illinois House voted to make Illinois the fourth state in the nation to offer illegal residents access to temporary drivers' licenses. The bill will now go to Governor Pat Quinn, who has already committed to signing the legislation into law.
The legislation received bipartisan support and bipartisan opposition in both state chambers. In the Illinois House, Eleven Republican House members voted with the Democrats to pass SB 957:
- Dan Brady
- Tom Cross
- Jim Durkin
- Mike Fortner
- David Leitch
- Sid Mathias
- Mike McAuliffe
- Chris Nybo
- Bob Pritchard
- Skip Saviano
- Darlene Senger
Eight Democrats broke with their Party and opposed the bill:
- Dan Beiser
- Jerry Costello
- Bill Cunningham
- Mary Flowers
- Frank Mautino
- Brandon Phelps
- Patrick Verschoore
In the Illinois Senate, the lawmakers followed a similar bi-partisan path. Democrat senator Bill Haine and Ed Maloney opposed the bill, along with 12 Republicans - Bivins, Bomke, Cultra, Duffy, Christine Johnson, John O. Jones, La Hood, Lauzen, Luechtefeld, McCann, McCarter and Syverson.
Republican Senate members Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard, Tom Johnson, John Millner, Matt Murphy, Carole Pankau, Chris Radogno, Sue Rezin and Ron Sandack voted "yes" with the Democrat majority:
