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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3649 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person operating a bicycle may slow to a reasonable speed of 15 miles per hour or less, or a speed limit specified by the municipality or unit of local government, without making a complete stop at intersection or stop sign, if the bicycle operator yields the right-of-way to any traffic or pedestrian in or approaching the intersection. Provides that a person operating a bicycle who approaches an illuminated red traffic-control device must first stop at the intersection and yield to all other traffic and pedestrians and then, when safe to do so, may proceed straight or make a right turn through the intersection or, subject to specified conditions, make a left turn onto a one-way street only.
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| | HB3649 | | LRB103 29681 MXP 56084 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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 11-1502.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1502.1 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1502.1. Bicycle safety stops. |
| 8 | | (a) When approaching a stop sign, if it is safe to proceed, |
| 9 | | a person operating a bicycle may, after slowing to a |
| 10 | | reasonable speed of 15 miles per hour or less, or a speed limit |
| 11 | | specified by the municipality or unit of local government for |
| 12 | | a particular intersection that is marked with the appropriate |
| 13 | | signage, and yielding the right-of-way to any traffic or |
| 14 | | pedestrian in or approaching the intersection, continue |
| 15 | | through the intersection without coming to a complete stop. |
| 16 | | (b) When approaching an illuminated red traffic-control |
| 17 | | device, the person operating a bicycle must first stop at the |
| 18 | | intersection and yield to all other traffic and pedestrians |
| 19 | | and then, when safe to do so, proceed straight or make a right |
| 20 | | turn through the intersection or, subject to specified |
| 21 | | conditions, make a left turn onto a one-way street only.
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