Transportation

signed · Illinois · House Aug 15, 2025

HB 2442: TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPT DEVICE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows vehicles used by by local emergency services and disaster agencies, when responding to a bona fide emergency and when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, to install and operate a traffic control signal preemption device.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationAllows emergency vehicles to preempt traffic signals during emergencies, enhancing transportation safety and response efficiency in traffic infrastructure.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Transportation

signed · Illinois · House Aug 15, 2025

HB 1502: OHARE DRIVER SAFE-DEFINITIONS

Amends the O'Hare Driver Safety Act. Defines "Department" as the Illinois Department of Transportation. In a provision prohibition stopping or standing within one-half mile of O'Hare International Airport, provides that "traffic route" refers to all routes within the defined radii, including routes that are under the jurisdiction or partial jurisdiction of the Department. Effective immediately.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationClarifies safety regulations near O'Hare Airport, enhancing enforcement of traffic restrictions under transportation authority.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Transportation

signed · Illinois · Senate Aug 15, 2025

SB 1941: VEH CD-FLASHING LIGHTS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows a unit of local government that has ownership or control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that is used for an elementary or secondary school to install at the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill enhances pedestrian safety at school crosswalks via flashing beacons, directly improving transportation safety infrastructure per topic description.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Transportation

signed · Illinois · Senate Aug 1, 2025

SB 1559: IDOT-TRAFFIC STUDIES

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a traffic study following the occurrence of any crash involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an intersection of a federal or municipal highway.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationMandates traffic studies after pedestrian fatality crashes at intersections, enhancing transportation safety and infrastructure analysis.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Transportation

signed · Illinois · Senate Aug 1, 2025

SB 191: SCH BUS-SEAT SAFETY BELTS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires, beginning January 1, 2027, each designated seating position in any newly purchased or leased school bus to be equipped with a combination pelvic and upper torso seat safety belt system in good operating condition and meeting all applicable federal standards. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois. Effective immediately.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationRequires school buses to install federally compliant seat belts, directly enhancing student transportation safety per vehicle regulation standards.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Transportation

signed · Illinois · Senate Jun 30, 2025

SB 2108: ST POLICE-HAZMAT-MOTOR CARRIER

Amends the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Illinois State Police (rather than the Department of Transportation) shall administer and enforce the Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes related changes. Sets forth provisions concerning personnel and material transfers and requires transferred personnel to receive a background check and any additional screening requirements established by the Department. Makes conforming changes to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act. Effective July 1, 2025.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationShifts enforcement of hazardous materials/motor carrier safety to State Police, enhancing regulatory oversight per transportation safety indicators.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Transportation