Bill Text: IL SB3336 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the operation of toy vehicles, motor driven cycles, and electric micromobility devices within the State, including provisions regarding certificate of title requirements, prohibition signage, licensing requirements, age requirements, equipment requirements, sale requirements, violations, and home rule limitations. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to adopt administrative rules for the regulation of low-speed electric bicycles on any and all properties owned, managed, or leased by the Department of Natural Resources. Allows a person to operate a Class 1 or Class 2 low-speed electric bicycle only if he or she is 15 years of age or older. Provides that a low-speed electric bicycle that is manufactured to accommodate passengers may not be operated by a person under the age of 18 with a passenger unless the passenger is a sibling, stepsibling, child, or stepchild of the operator. Repeals a provision regarding low-speed electric scooters. Makes other changes. Makes a conforming change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Effective July 1, 2027.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-7)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2026-07-02 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB3336 Detail]

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3336 Introduced 2/4/2026, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-1517
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is less than 16 years of age may ride as a passenger on a Class 3 low-speed electric bicycle that is designed to accommodate passengers if the operator is 18 years of age or older.
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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 11-1517 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-1517)
Sec. 11-1517. Low-speed electric bicycles.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
provisions of this Chapter that apply to bicycles also apply
to low-speed electric bicycles.
(b) Each low-speed electric bicycle operating in this
State shall comply with equipment and manufacturing
requirements adopted by the United States Consumer Product
Safety Commission under 16 CFR 1512. Each Class 3 low-speed
electric bicycle shall be equipped with a speedometer that
displays the speed the bicycle is traveling in miles per hour.
(c) Beginning on or after January 1, 2018, every
manufacturer and distributor of low-speed electric bicycles
shall apply a label that is permanently affixed to the bicycle
in a prominent location. The label shall contain, in Arial
font in at least 9-point type:
(1) a classification number for the bicycle that
corresponds with a class under Section 1-140.10 of this

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Code;
(2) the bicycle's top assisted speed; and
(3) the bicycle's motor wattage.
No person shall knowingly tamper or modify the speed
capability or engagement of a low-speed electric bicycle
without replacing the label required under this subsection
(c).
(d) A Class 2 low-speed electric bicycle shall operate in
a manner so that the electric motor is disengaged or ceases to
function when the brakes are applied. A Class 1 low-speed
electric bicycle and a Class 3 low-speed electric bicycle
shall operate in a manner so that the electric motor is
disengaged or ceases to function when the rider stops
pedaling.
(e) A person may operate a low-speed electric bicycle upon
any highway, street, or roadway authorized for use by
bicycles, including, but not limited to, bicycle lanes.
(f) A person may operate a low-speed electric bicycle upon
any bicycle path unless the municipality, county, or local
authority with jurisdiction prohibits the use of low-speed
electric bicycles or a specific class of low-speed electric
bicycles on that path.
(g) A person may not operate a low-speed electric bicycle
on a sidewalk.
(h) A person may operate a Class 3 low-speed electric
bicycle only if he or she is 16 years of age or older. A person

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who is less than 16 years of age may ride as a passenger on a
Class 3 low-speed electric bicycle that is designed to
accommodate passengers if the operator is 18 years of age or
older.
(Source: P.A. 100-209, eff. 1-1-18.)