Bill Text: IL HB4276 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "immediate hazard". Provides instances in which an individual operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-08-30 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner [HB4276 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4276-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4276 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-1511.5 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "immediate hazard". Provides instances in which an individual operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 11-1511.5 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-1511.5 new)
Sec. 11-1511.5. Operation of bicycle approaching a stop
sign.
(a) As used in this Section, "immediate hazard" means a
vehicle approaching an intersection at a proximity and rate of
speed sufficient to indicate to a reasonable person that there
is a danger of collision or accident.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual
operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed
through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign if:
(1) the individual slows to a reasonable speed; and
(2) yields the right-of-way to:
(i) any pedestrian within the intersection or an
adjacent crosswalk;
(ii) other traffic within the intersection; and
(iii) oncoming traffic that poses an immediate
hazard during the time the individual is traveling
through the intersection.

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(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to an intersection with
an active railroad grade crossing.