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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1875 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | 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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| | HB1875 | | LRB104 09250 LNS 19308 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 11-1511.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1511.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1511.5. Operation of bicycle approaching a stop |
| 8 | | sign. |
| 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "immediate hazard" means a |
| 10 | | vehicle approaching an intersection at a proximity and rate of |
| 11 | | speed sufficient to indicate to a reasonable person that there |
| 12 | | is a danger of collision or accident. |
| 13 | | (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual |
| 14 | | operating a bicycle approaching a stop sign may proceed |
| 15 | | through the intersection without stopping at the stop sign if: |
| 16 | | (1) the individual slows to a reasonable speed; and |
| 17 | | (2) the individual yields the right-of-way to: |
| 18 | | (i) any pedestrian within the intersection or an |
| 19 | | adjacent crosswalk; |
| 20 | | (ii) other traffic within the intersection; and |
| 21 | | (iii) oncoming traffic that poses an immediate |
| 22 | | hazard during the time the individual is traveling |
| 23 | | through the intersection. |