Bill Status of HB 2857   104th General Assembly

Short Description:  HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY ACT

House Sponsors
Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.-Wayne A. Rosenthal-Harry Benton-Anthony DeLuca and Sharon Chung

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Laura M. Murphy)


Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  6/2/2025SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7.5
625 ILCS 5/3-400from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-400
625 ILCS 5/11-612
625 ILCS 7/Act rep.

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Highway Work Zone Safety Act. Requires the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Illinois State Police, to establish the Highway Work Zone Speed Control Program for the purposes of enforcing the speed limits established for construction or maintenance speed zones. Requires the Illinois State Police, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, to set up and operate automated traffic control systems in highway construction and maintenance speed zones to detect violations of posted work zone speed limits. Allows the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Police to employ automated traffic control system operators to operate automated traffic control systems in construction or maintenance speed zones. Provides, with exceptions, that information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program are not discoverable by court order as evidence in a proceeding. Requires information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program to be destroyed not later than 2 years after the date the information and photographs or recorded images are collected. Provides that information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program are the exclusive property of the State and not the property of the manufacturer or vendor of the automated traffic control system. Prohibits the use of a photograph or recorded image obtained through the use of an automated traffic control system for the purpose of enforcing a traffic offense. Provides that a person who owns a motor vehicle that is identified by an automated traffic control system as operating in a construction or maintenance speed zone at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit commits a civil law violation that is punishable by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $200. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Transportation to implement and administer the Act. Makes other changes. Makes corresponding changes in the Freedom of Information Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act. Effective January 1, 2027, except provisions regarding procurement and rulemaking are effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Adds reference to:
625 ILCS 5/11-605.1

Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes. Changes the term "automatic traffic control system" to "work zone speed safety camera system". Changes the name of the Program from the Highway Work Zone Speed Control Program to the Highway Work Zone Safety Speed Control Program. Removes language providing that information collected under the Program must be destroyed not later than 2 years after the date the information is collected. Further amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that highway construction or maintenance speed zone special speed limit signs must state that higher fines apply (rather than state the amount of the minimum fine) for a violation. Changes the effective date of the date to immediate, except that the repeal of the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act is effective January 1, 2027.

House Floor Amendment No. 3
Adds reference to:
625 ILCS 5/12-502from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-502

Further amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows public transit vehicles to use an electronic rear-view monitoring system on commercial motor vehicles owned by the agency and the mirror requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations so long as an exemption to the Code of Federal Regulations granted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration remains in effect.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/5/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
  2/6/2025HouseFirst Reading
  2/6/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/4/2025HouseAssigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
  3/7/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
  3/7/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/11/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
  3/12/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; by Voice Vote
  3/12/2025HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000
  3/12/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  3/13/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal
  3/14/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
  3/19/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  3/19/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  3/24/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
  3/24/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/25/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
  3/27/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
  3/27/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/7/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
  4/9/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
  4/9/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
  4/9/2025HouseRecalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
  4/9/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
  4/9/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  4/9/2025HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
  4/9/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled
  4/10/2025SenateArrive in Senate
  4/10/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
  4/10/2025SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
  4/10/2025SenateFirst Reading
  4/10/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
  4/23/2025SenateAssigned to Executive
  5/9/2025SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
  5/23/2025SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025
  6/2/2025SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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