Bill Text: IL HB1875 | 2025-2026 | 104th 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1875 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1875-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1875 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) the individual 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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