104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1941

 

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-1412.4 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows a unit of local government that has ownership or control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that is used for an elementary or secondary school to install at the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons.


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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 11-1412.4 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.4 new)
7    Sec. 11-1412.4. Flashing beacons required for school
8crosswalks. A unit of local government that has ownership or
9control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that
10is used for an elementary or secondary school may install at
11the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection
12rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the
13presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians
14who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons.