Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB2009

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2009

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Javier L. Cervantes

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/1-136.8 new
625 ILCS 5/11-1433 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "leader follower attenuator truck" as a driverless vehicle that is led by a human-driven vehicle that controls its position, speed, and heading data to the driverless vehicle while maintaining a set gap distance and is be equipped with sensors that can detect obstacles to stop the driverless vehicle if necessary. Allows the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to use leader follower attenuator trucks on State highways to increase safety of workers in construction and maintenance zones.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Sections 1-136.8 and 11-1433 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/1-136.8 new)

Sec. 1-136.8. Leader follower attenuator truck.A driverless vehicle that is led by a human-driven vehicle that controls its position, speed, and heading data to the driverless vehicle while maintaining a set gap distance and is be equipped with sensors that can detect obstacles to stop the driverless vehicle if necessary.

(625 ILCS 5/11-1433 new)

Sec. 11-1433. Use of leader follower attenuator trucks on State highways. The Department and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may use leader follower attenuator trucks on State highways to increase safety of workers in construction and maintenance zones.