HB2857 - 104th General Assembly
HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY ACT
House Sponsors
Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. - Wayne A. Rosenthal - Harry Benton - Anthony DeLuca and Sharon Chung
Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Laura M. Murphy)
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
625 ILCS 5/3-400from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-400
625 ILCS 7/Act rep.
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Highway Work Zone Safety Act. Requires the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Illinois State Police, to establish the Highway Work Zone Speed Control Program for the purposes of enforcing the speed limits established for construction or maintenance speed zones. Requires the Illinois State Police, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, to set up and operate automated traffic control systems in highway construction and maintenance speed zones to detect violations of posted work zone speed limits. Allows the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Police to employ automated traffic control system operators to operate automated traffic control systems in construction or maintenance speed zones. Provides, with exceptions, that information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program are not discoverable by court order as evidence in a proceeding. Requires information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program to be destroyed not later than 2 years after the date the information and photographs or recorded images are collected. Provides that information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program are the exclusive property of the State and not the property of the manufacturer or vendor of the automated traffic control system. Prohibits the use of a photograph or recorded image obtained through the use of an automated traffic control system for the purpose of enforcing a traffic offense. Provides that a person who owns a motor vehicle that is identified by an automated traffic control system as operating in a construction or maintenance speed zone at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit commits a civil law violation that is punishable by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $200. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Transportation to implement and administer the Act. Makes other changes. Makes corresponding changes in the Freedom of Information Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act. Effective January 1, 2027, except provisions regarding procurement and rulemaking are effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1
Adds reference to:
Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes. Changes the term "automatic traffic control system" to "work zone speed safety camera system". Changes the name of the Program from the Highway Work Zone Speed Control Program to the Highway Work Zone Safety Speed Control Program. Removes language providing that information collected under the Program must be destroyed not later than 2 years after the date the information is collected. Further amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that highway construction or maintenance speed zone special speed limit signs must state that higher fines apply (rather than state the amount of the minimum fine) for a violation. Changes the effective date of the date to immediate, except that the repeal of the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act is effective January 1, 2027.
House Floor Amendment No. 3
Adds reference to:
625 ILCS 5/12-502from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-502
Further amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows public transit vehicles to use an electronic rear-view monitoring system on commercial motor vehicles owned by the agency and the mirror requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations so long as an exemption to the Code of Federal Regulations granted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration remains in effect.
Actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/05/2025 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 2/06/2025 | House | First Reading |
| 2/06/2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/04/2025 | House | Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety |
| 3/07/2025 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 3/07/2025 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/11/2025 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety |
| 3/12/2025 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; by Voice Vote |
| 3/12/2025 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000 |
| 3/12/2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/13/2025 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal |
| 3/14/2025 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton |
| 3/19/2025 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/19/2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/24/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 3/24/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/25/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety |
| 3/27/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 3/27/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/07/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety |
| 4/09/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000 |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/09/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/09/2025 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 |
| 4/09/2025 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/10/2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/23/2025 | Senate | Assigned to Executive |
| 5/09/2025 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025 |
| 5/23/2025 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025 |
| 6/02/2025 | Senate | Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments |