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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3203 Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 625 ILCS 5/11-503 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503 |
| Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if the person accused of reckless driving unintentionally caused a death or type A injury to another person, the trier of fact may infer that the person acted with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons if the person is issued a uniform citation for 3 or more violations under the Code in causing the crash. |
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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 |
| 5 | | changing Section 11-503 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-503) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-503. Reckless driving; aggravated reckless |
| 8 | | driving. |
| 9 | | (a) A person commits reckless driving if he or she: |
| 10 | | (1) drives any vehicle with a willful or wanton |
| 11 | | disregard for the safety of persons or property; or |
| 12 | | (2) knowingly drives a vehicle and uses an incline in |
| 13 | | a roadway, such as a railroad crossing, bridge approach, |
| 14 | | or hill, to cause the vehicle to become airborne. |
| 15 | | (a-5) If the person accused of reckless driving under this |
| 16 | | Section unintentionally caused a death or type A injury to |
| 17 | | another person, the trier of fact may infer that the person |
| 18 | | acted with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of |
| 19 | | persons under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) if the person is |
| 20 | | issued a uniform citation for 3 or more violations of this Code |
| 21 | | in causing the crash. |
| 22 | | (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be |
| 23 | | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, except as provided under |
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| 1 | | subsections (b-1), (c), and (d) of this Section. |
| 2 | | (b-1) Except as provided in subsection (d), any person |
| 3 | | convicted of violating subsection (a), if the violation causes |
| 4 | | bodily harm to a child or a school crossing guard while the |
| 5 | | school crossing guard is performing his or her official |
| 6 | | duties, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. |
| 7 | | (c) Every person convicted of committing a violation of |
| 8 | | subsection (a) shall be guilty of aggravated reckless driving |
| 9 | | if the violation results in great bodily harm or permanent |
| 10 | | disability or disfigurement to another. Except as provided in |
| 11 | | subsection (d) of this Section, aggravated reckless driving is |
| 12 | | a Class 4 felony. |
| 13 | | (d) Any person convicted of violating subsection (a), if |
| 14 | | the violation causes great bodily harm or permanent disability |
| 15 | | or disfigurement to a child or a school crossing guard while |
| 16 | | the school crossing guard is performing his or her official |
| 17 | | duties, is guilty of aggravated reckless driving. Aggravated |
| 18 | | reckless driving under this subsection (d) is a Class 3 |
| 19 | | felony. |
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 95-467, eff. 6-1-08.) |
