Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the maximum length of a truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer may not exceed 65 feet (rather than 55 feet) overall dimension on all non-State highways. Removes the requirement that truck tractor-semitrailer combinations must have no more than a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base on Class III roadways and other non-designated State highways. Provides that the distance between the kingpin and the axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches, unless the trailer or semitrailer is used for the transport of livestock.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0343 [HB0683 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Daniel Beiser [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-111	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Unes [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Martwick [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joe Sosnowski [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-069	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Spain [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Batinick [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Grant Wehrli [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Tim Bivins [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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