Illinois Senate Bill 2901 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, unless some other speed restriction is established under the Illinois Vehicle Code, the speed limit for any vehicle is (1) 70 miles per hour on any interstate highway as defined by Section 1-133.1 of this Code; (2) 65 miles per hour for all or part of highways that are designated by the Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic, and have a separation between the roadways moving in opposite directions; and (3) 55 miles per hour for all other highways, roads, and streets regardless of whether or not the highway is within an urban district. Provides that the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will may adopt ordinances setting a maximum speed limit on highways, roads, and streets that is lower than these limits. Effective immediately.

URBAN DISTRICT SPEED LIMITS

Sen. Jim Oberweis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2014-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-03-21	Senate	Postponed - Executive; Subcommittee on Special Issues
2014-02-27	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (EX)
2014-02-11	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2014-02-04	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2014-02-04	Senate	First Reading
2014-02-04	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jim Oberweis

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
625	5	11-601	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2901&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB2901.htm