HB4588 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4588

Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Maura Hirschauer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 845/5-10
50 ILCS 845/5-15

Amends the People Over Parking Act. Provides that the Act applies to municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 (rather than all units of local government). Effective June 1, 2026.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The People Over Parking Act is amended by changing Sections 5-10 and 5-15 as follows:

(50 ILCS 845/5-10)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 5-10. Minimum automobile parking requirements prohibited. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-15, municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 a unit of local government may not impose or enforce any minimum automobile parking requirements on a development project if the project is located within one-half mile of a public transportation hub or one-eighth mile of a public transportation corridor.

(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

(50 ILCS 845/5-15)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 5-15. Exceptions and limitations to prohibited minimum automobile parking requirements.

(a) If a development project provides automobile parking voluntarily, then municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 a unit of local government may impose on the development project requirements for parking spaces to be made available for car-share vehicles, for parking spaces to be shared with the public, or for parking spaces to be made available only for a fee. Municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 A unit of local government may not require voluntarily provided parking to be provided free of charge.

(b) Section 5-10 does not apply to minimum automobile parking requirements if the requirements conflict with a contractual agreement or approved site plan with any municipality with a population of more than 2,000,000 the unit of local government that was executed or approved on or before the effective date of this Act. However, Section 5-10 applies to an amendment or extension to the contractual agreement or approved site plan if the amendment or extension increases automobile parking requirements.

(c) A development project may voluntarily build additional parking that is not shared with the public.

(d) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to prevent municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 a unit of local government from regulating access to on-street parking.

(e) Nothing in this Act prevents municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 a unit of local government from enacting or enforcing local laws that establish a maximum parking requirement.

(f) Nothing in this Act prevents municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 a unit of local government from enacting or enforcing local laws that establish a minimum parking requirement for bicycles, including electric-assisted bicycles.

(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on the effective on June 1, 2026.