Bill Text: IL HB4483 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if a person causes a fatality while operating a motor vehicle and it is determined that the fatality was caused entirely by the medical condition of the person, the Secretary of State shall suspend the person's driver's license until the person provides medical documentation that the medical condition is being treated. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-20 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4483 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB4483-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB4483 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/6-116.5
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if a person causes a fatality while operating a motor vehicle and it is determined that the fatality was caused entirely by the medical condition of the person, the Secretary of State shall suspend the person's driver's license until the person provides medical documentation that the medical condition is being treated. Effective immediately.
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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
changing Section 6-116.5 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/6-116.5)
Sec. 6-116.5. Driver's duty to report medical condition.
Every driver shall report to the Secretary any medical
condition, as defined by the Driver's License Medical Review
Law of 1992, that is likely to cause loss of consciousness or
any loss of ability to safely operate a motor vehicle within 10
days of the driver becoming aware of the condition. The
Secretary, in conjunction with the Driver's License Medical
Advisory Board, shall determine by administrative rule the
temporary conditions not required to be reported under the
provisions of this Section. If a person causes a fatality
while operating a motor vehicle and it is determined that the
fatality was caused entirely by the medical condition of the
person, the Secretary of State shall suspend the person's
driver's license until the person provides medical
documentation that the medical condition is being treated. All
information furnished to the Secretary under the provisions of
this Section shall be deemed confidential and for the

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privileged use of the Secretary in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (j) of Section 2-123 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 89-584, eff. 7-31-96.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.