Bill Text: IL SB1941 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows a unit of local government that has ownership or control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that is used for an elementary or secondary school to install at the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16)

Status: (Passed) 2025-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0401 [SB1941 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1941-Enrolled.html

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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 11-605.3 and by adding Section 11-1412.4 as
follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-605.3)
Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing
parks and recreation facilities and areas.
(a) As used in this Section:
(1) "Park district" means the following entities:
(A) any park district organized under the Park
District Code;
(B) any park district organized under the Chicago
Park District Act; and
(C) any municipality, county, forest district,
school district, township, or other unit of local
government that operates a public recreation
department or public recreation facilities that has
recreation facilities that are not on land owned by
any park district listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of this subdivision (a)(1).
(2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and

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areas on any land owned or operated by a park district that
are used for recreational purposes, including but not
limited to: parks; playgrounds; swimming pools; hiking
trails; bicycle paths; picnic areas; roads and streets;
and parking lots.
(3) "Park zone street" means that portion of any State
or local street or intersection under the control of a
local unit of government, adjacent to a park zone, where
the local unit of government has, by ordinance or
resolution, designated and approved the street or
intersection as a park zone street. If, before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly, a street already had a posted speed limit lower
than 20 miles per hour, then the lower limit may be used
for that park zone street.
(4) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated with:
park zone safety education; the purchase, installation,
and maintenance of signs, roadway painting, and caution
lights mounted on park zone signs; and any other expense
associated with park zones and park zone streets.
(b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet
of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at
a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted
speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been
designated for the posted reduced speed.
(c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet

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of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone
street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or
red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete
stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone
street, is in violation of this Section.
(d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs
are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department
or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is
located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone
streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park
zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed
limit on the park zone street.
(e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense
with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation
of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500.
(f) (Blank).
(g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly,
design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and
park zone streets, including but not limited to: "park zone",
"park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park
zone". The design of these signs shall be made available to all
units of local government or manufacturers at no charge,
except for reproduction and postage.
(Source: P.A. 102-978, eff. 1-1-23.)

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(625 ILCS 5/11-1412.4 new)
Sec. 11-1412.4. Flashing beacons required for school
crosswalks. A unit of local government that has ownership or
control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that
is used for an elementary or secondary school may install at
the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection
rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the
presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians
who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons.