Bill Text: IL SB3984 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires, beginning January 1, 2026, each designated seating position in any newly purchased or leased school bus to be equipped with a combination pelvic and upper torso seat safety belt system in good operating condition and meeting all applicable federal standards. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB3984 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3984-Introduced.html

---

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3984 Introduced 11/12/2024, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-826 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires, beginning January 1, 2026, each designated seating position in any newly purchased or leased school bus to be equipped with a combination pelvic and upper torso seat safety belt system in good operating condition and meeting all applicable federal standards. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois. Effective immediately.
LRB103 43178 LNS 76442 b
A BILL FOR
SB3984 LRB103 43178 LNS 76442 b
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 12-826 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-826 new)
Sec. 12-826. Seat safety belts required.
(a) Beginning January 1, 2026, each designated seating
position in any newly purchased or leased school bus shall be
equipped with a combination pelvic and upper torso seat safety
belt system (also known as a 3-point seat safety belt, Type 2
seat safety belt, or lap and shoulder restraint system) in
good operating condition and meeting all applicable federal
standards.
(b) This Section does not apply to a school bus that is
legally registered in another state and displaying valid
registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in
Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois
in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other
similar activity for students enrolled in a school located
outside of Illinois.
(c) As used in this Section, "school bus" includes school
activity bus, multi-function school activity bus, and

SB3984 - 2 - LRB103 43178 LNS 76442 b
school-chartered bus.