Bill Text: IL HB3649 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person operating a bicycle may slow to a reasonable speed of 15 miles per hour or less, or a speed limit specified by the municipality or unit of local government, without making a complete stop at intersection or stop sign, if the bicycle operator yields the right-of-way to any traffic or pedestrian in or approaching the intersection. Provides that a person operating a bicycle who approaches an illuminated red traffic-control device must first stop at the intersection and yield to all other traffic and pedestrians and then, when safe to do so, may proceed straight or make a right turn through the intersection or, subject to specified conditions, make a left turn onto a one-way street only.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer [HB3649 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3649-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 11-1502.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1502.1 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-1502.1. Bicycle safety stops. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) When approaching a stop sign, if it is safe to proceed, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | a person operating a bicycle may, after slowing to a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | reasonable speed of 15 miles per hour or less, or a speed limit | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | specified by the municipality or unit of local government for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | a particular intersection that is marked with the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | signage, and yielding the right-of-way to any traffic or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | pedestrian in or approaching the intersection, continue | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | through the intersection without coming to a complete stop. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | (b) When approaching an illuminated red traffic-control | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | device, the person operating a bicycle must first stop at the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | intersection and yield to all other traffic and pedestrians | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | and then, when safe to do so, proceed straight or make a right | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | turn through the intersection or, subject to specified | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | conditions, make a left turn onto a one-way street only.
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