101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3555

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. John F. Curran

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-1511.5 new

    Amends the Bicycles Article under the Rules of the Road Chapter of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person riding a bicycle upon a roadway in the State may treat: a stop sign as a yield sign; and a red light as a stop sign.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5Section 11-1511.5 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1511.5 new)
7    Sec. 11-1511.5. Stop signs; red lights. A person riding a
8bicycle upon a roadway in this State may treat a stop sign as a
9yield sign. A person riding a bicycle upon a roadway in this
10State may treat a red light as a stop sign.