Bill Text: IL HB3205 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the driver of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work upon a highway within any agricultural work zone. Sets the penalties as follows: failing to yield is a business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $25,000; failing to yield that results in damage to property, in addition to the business offense penalty and any other imposed penalty, shall have the person's driving privileges suspended for not less than 90 days and not more than one year; failing to yield that results in injury to another person, in addition to the business offense penalty and any other imposed penalty, shall have the person's driving privileges suspended for not less than 180 days and not more than 2 years; and for failing to yield that results in the death of another person, in addition to the business offense penalty and any other imposed penalty, shall have the person's driving privileges suspended for 2 years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3205 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3205-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3205 Introduced , by Rep. Jason R. Bunting SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-908 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-908
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the driver of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work upon a highway within any agricultural work zone. Sets the penalties as follows: failing to yield is a business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $25,000; failing to yield that results in damage to property, in addition to the business offense penalty and any other imposed penalty, shall have the person's driving privileges suspended for not less than 90 days and not more than one year; failing to yield that results in injury to another person, in addition to the business offense penalty and any other imposed penalty, shall have the person's driving privileges suspended for not less than 180 days and not more than 2 years; and for failing to yield that results in the death of another person, in addition to the business offense penalty and any other imposed penalty, shall have the person's driving privileges suspended for 2 years.
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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 11-908 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-908) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-908)
Sec. 11-908. Vehicle approaching or entering a highway
construction or maintenance area or zone or agricultural work
zone.
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way
to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in
work upon a highway within any highway construction or
maintenance area or agricultural work zone indicated by
official traffic-control devices.
(a-1) Upon entering a construction, or maintenance, or
agricultural work zone when workers are present, a person who
drives a vehicle shall:
(1) proceeding with due caution, yield the
right-of-way by making a lane change into a lane not
adjacent to that of the workers present, if possible with
due regard to safety and traffic conditions, if on a
highway having at least 4 lanes with not less than 2 lanes
proceeding in the same direction as the approaching

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vehicle, and reduce the speed of the vehicle to a speed
that is reasonable and proper with regard to traffic
conditions and the use of the highway to avoid a collision
and leaving a safe distance until safely past the
construction, or maintenance, or agricultural work zone;
or
(2) proceeding with due caution, reduce the speed of
the vehicle to a speed that is reasonable and proper with
regard to traffic conditions and the use of the highway to
avoid a collision until safely past the construction, or
maintenance, or agricultural work zone, maintaining a safe
speed for road conditions, if changing lanes would be
impossible or unsafe.
(a-2) A person who violates subsection (a-1) of this
Section commits a business offense punishable by a fine of not
less than $100 and not more than $25,000. It is a factor in
aggravation if the person committed the offense while in
violation of Section 11-501 of this Code.
(a-3) If a violation of subsection (a-1) of this Section
results in damage to the property of another person, in
addition to any other penalty imposed, the person's driving
privileges shall be suspended for a fixed period of not less
than 90 days and not more than one year.
(a-4) If a violation of subsection (a-1) of this Section
results in injury to another person, in addition to any other
penalty imposed, the person's driving privileges shall be

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suspended for a fixed period of not less than 180 days and not
more than 2 years.
(a-5) If a violation of subsection (a-1) of this Section
results in the death of another person, in addition to any
other penalty imposed, the person's driving privileges shall
be suspended for 2 years.
(a-6) The Secretary of State shall, upon receiving a
record of a judgment entered against a person under subsection
(a-1) of this Section:
(1) suspend the person's driving privileges for the
mandatory period; or
(2) extend the period of an existing suspension by the
appropriate mandatory period.
(b) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way
to any authorized vehicle obviously and actually engaged in
work upon a highway whenever the vehicle engaged in
construction, or maintenance, or agricultural work displays
flashing lights as provided in Section 12-215 of this Act.
(c) The driver of a vehicle shall stop if signaled to do so
by a flagger or a traffic control signal and remain in such
position until signaled to proceed. If a driver of a vehicle
fails to stop when signaled to do so by a flagger, the flagger
is authorized to report such offense to the State's Attorney
or authorized prosecutor. The penalties imposed for a
violation of this subsection (c) shall be in addition to any
penalties imposed for a violation of subsection (a-1).

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(Source: P.A. 103-711, eff. 1-1-25.)