102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0259

 

Introduced 1/29/2021, by Rep. Kambium Buckner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-101  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may drive a motor vehicle if in possession of a digitized driver's license. Defines "digitized driver's license". Provides that a person shall not be issued a citation for driving a motor vehicle without a physical driver's license in his or her possession if the person presents a digitized driver's license to a law enforcement officer in connection with a traffic stop or checkpoint. Provides that the display of a digitized driver's license shall not serve as consent or authorization for a law enforcement officer, or any other person, to search, view, or access any other data or application on the mobile device, and that the fee to install the application to display a digitized driver's license shall not exceed $6. Effective immediately.


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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
5changing Section 6-101 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-101)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101)
7    Sec. 6-101. Drivers must have licenses or permits.
8    (a) No person, except those expressly exempted by Section
96-102, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this
10State unless such person has a valid license or permit, a
11digitized driver's license as provided in this Section, or a
12restricted driving permit, issued under the provisions of this
13Act.
14    (b) No person shall drive a motor vehicle unless the
15person he holds a valid license or permit, a digitized
16driver's license as provided in this Section, or a restricted
17driving permit issued under the provisions of Section 6-205,
186-206, or 6-113 of this Act. Any person to whom a license is
19issued under the provisions of this Act must surrender to the
20Secretary of State all valid licenses or permits, except that
21an applicant for a non-domiciled commercial learner's permit
22or commercial driver's license shall not be required to
23surrender a license or permit issued by the applicant's state

 

 

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1or country of domicile. No driver's drivers license or
2instruction permit shall be issued to any person who holds a
3valid Foreign State license, identification card, or permit
4unless such person first surrenders to the Secretary of State
5any such valid Foreign State license, identification card, or
6permit.
7    (b-5) Any person who commits a violation of subsection (a)
8or (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, if
9at the time of the violation the person's driver's license or
10permit was cancelled under clause (a)9 of Section 6-201 of
11this Code.
12    (c) Any person licensed as a driver hereunder shall not be
13required by any city, village, incorporated town or other
14municipal corporation to obtain any other license to exercise
15the privilege thereby granted.
16    (d) In addition to other penalties imposed under this
17Section, any person in violation of this Section who is also in
18violation of Section 7-601 of this Code relating to mandatory
19insurance requirements shall have his or her motor vehicle
20immediately impounded by the arresting law enforcement
21officer. The motor vehicle may be released to any licensed
22driver upon a showing of proof of insurance for the motor
23vehicle that was impounded and the notarized written consent
24for the release by the vehicle owner.
25    (e) In addition to other penalties imposed under this
26Section, the vehicle of any person in violation of this

 

 

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1Section who is also in violation of Section 7-601 of this Code
2relating to mandatory insurance requirements and who, in
3violating this Section, has caused death or personal injury to
4another person is subject to forfeiture under Sections 36-1
5and 36-2 of the Criminal Code of 2012. For the purposes of this
6Section, a personal injury shall include any type A injury as
7indicated on the traffic accident report completed by a law
8enforcement officer that requires immediate professional
9attention in either a doctor's office or a medical facility. A
10type A injury shall include severely bleeding wounds,
11distorted extremities, and injuries that require the injured
12party to be carried from the scene.
13    (f) As used in this Section:
14        "Digitized driver's license" means a data file
15    available on any mobile device that has connectivity to
16    the Internet through an application that allows the mobile
17    device to download the data file from the Secretary of
18    State, contains all of the data elements visible on the
19    face and back of a driver's license, and displays the
20    current status of the license. "Digitized driver's
21    license" does not include a digital copy, photograph, or
22    image of a driver's license that is not downloaded through
23    the application on a mobile device.
24        "Current status" includes, but is not limited to, a
25    status designation of valid, expired, canceled, suspended,
26    disqualified, hardship, or interlock device.

 

 

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1    A person shall not be issued a citation for driving a motor
2vehicle without a physical driver's license in his or her
3possession if the person presents a digitized driver's license
4to a law enforcement officer in connection with a traffic stop
5or checkpoint in this State. However, in connection with
6requests for identification not associated with traffic stops
7or checkpoints, a person may be required to produce a physical
8driver's license to a law enforcement officer, a
9representative of a State or federal department or agency, or
10a private entity when so requested and is subject to all
11applicable laws and consequences for failure to produce such a
12license.
13    The Secretary of State shall adopt such rules as are
14necessary to implement a digitized driver's license. No
15digitized driver's license shall be valid until the Secretary
16has adopted such rules.
17    The display of a digitized driver's license shall not
18serve as consent or authorization for a law enforcement
19officer, or any other person, to search, view, or access any
20other data or application on the mobile device. If a person
21presents his or her mobile device to a law enforcement officer
22for purposes of displaying a digitized driver's license, the
23law enforcement officer shall promptly return the mobile
24device to the person once the officer has had an opportunity to
25verify the identity and license status of the person.
26    The fee to install the application to display a digitized

 

 

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1driver's license as defined in this subsection shall not
2exceed $6.
3(Source: P.A. 97-229, eff. 7-28-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13;
498-176 (see Section 10 of P.A. 98-722 and Section 10 of P.A.
599-414 for the effective date of changes made by P.A.
698-176).)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.