104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2824
 
Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Steve Stadelman
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-411
    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires an instructors license application to be accompanied by a medical examination report completed by a competent physician licensed to practice in the State under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a physician assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act (rather than by a competent medical examiner).


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
5changing Section 6-411 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-411)
7    Sec. 6-411. Qualifications of Driver Training Instructors. 
8In order to qualify for a license as an instructor for a 
9driving school, an applicant must:
10        (a) Be of good moral character;
11        (b) Authorize an investigation to include a 
12    fingerprint based background check to determine if the 
13    applicant has ever been convicted of a crime and if so, the 
14    disposition of those convictions; this authorization shall 
15    indicate the scope of the inquiry and the agencies which 
16    may be contacted. Upon this authorization, the Secretary 
17    of State may request and receive information and 
18    assistance from any federal, state, or local governmental 
19    agency as part of the authorized investigation. Each 
20    applicant shall submit his or her fingerprints to the 
21    Illinois State Police in the form and manner prescribed by 
22    the Illinois State Police. These fingerprints shall be 
23    checked against the fingerprint records now and hereafter 
 
 
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1    filed in the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of 
2    Investigation criminal history records databases. The 
3    Illinois State Police shall charge a fee for conducting 
4    the criminal history records check, which shall be 
5    deposited in the State Police Services Fund and shall not 
6    exceed the actual cost of the records check. The applicant 
7    shall be required to pay all related fingerprint fees, 
8    including, but not limited to, the amounts established by 
9    the Illinois State Police and the Federal Bureau of 
10    Investigation to process fingerprint based criminal 
11    background investigations. The Illinois State Police shall 
12    provide information concerning any criminal convictions, 
13    and their disposition, brought against the applicant upon 
14    request of the Secretary of State when the request is made 
15    in the form and manner required by the Illinois State 
16    Police. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the 
17    information derived from this investigation, including the 
18    source of this information, and any conclusions or 
19    recommendations derived from this information by the 
20    Secretary of State shall be provided to the applicant, or 
21    his designee, upon request to the Secretary of State, 
22    prior to any final action by the Secretary of State on the 
23    application. At any administrative hearing held under 
24    Section 2-118 of this Code relating to the denial, 
25    cancellation, suspension, or revocation of a driver 
26    training school license, the Secretary of State is 
 
 
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1    authorized to utilize at that hearing any criminal 
2    histories, criminal convictions, and disposition 
3    information obtained under this Section. Any criminal 
4    convictions and their disposition information obtained by 
5    the Secretary of State shall be confidential and may not 
6    be transmitted outside the Office of the Secretary of 
7    State, except as required herein, and may not be 
8    transmitted to anyone within the Office of the Secretary 
9    of State except as needed for the purpose of evaluating 
10    the applicant. The information obtained from this 
11    investigation may be maintained by the Secretary of State 
12    or any agency to which such information was transmitted. 
13    Only information and standards which bear a reasonable and 
14    rational relation to the performance of a driver training 
15    instructor shall be used by the Secretary of State. Any 
16    employee of the Secretary of State who gives or causes to 
17    be given away any confidential information concerning any 
18    criminal charges and their disposition of an applicant 
19    shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor unless release of 
20    such information is authorized by this Section;
21        (c) Pass such examination as the Secretary of State 
22    shall require on (1) traffic laws, (2) safe driving 
23    practices, (3) operation of motor vehicles, and (4) 
24    qualifications of teacher;
25        (d) Be physically able to operate safely a motor 
26    vehicle and to train others in the operation of motor 
 
 
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1    vehicles. An instructors license application must be 
2    accompanied by a medical examination report completed by a 
3    competent physician licensed to practice in this State 
4    under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a physician 
5    assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice 
6    Act of 1987, or an advanced practice registered nurse 
7    licensed under the Nurse Practice Act medical examiner as 
8    defined in Section 6-901 of this Code;
9        (e) Hold a valid Illinois drivers license;
10        (e-5) Have held a valid driver's license for any 
11    2-year period preceding the date of application for an 
12    instructor's license, including a temporary visitor's 
13    driver's license issued under Section 6-105.1, and be 
14    currently authorized to work in the United States; 
15        (f) Have graduated from an accredited high school 
16    after at least 4 years of high school education or the 
17    equivalent; and
18        (g) Pay to the Secretary of State an application and 
19    license fee of $70.
20    If a driver training school class room instructor teaches 
21an approved driver education course, as defined in Section 
221-103 of this Code, to students under 18 years of age, he or 
23she shall furnish to the Secretary of State a certificate 
24issued by the State Board of Education that the said 
25instructor is qualified and meets the minimum educational 
26standards for teaching driver education courses in the local 
 
 
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1public or parochial school systems, except that no State Board 
2of Education certification shall be required of any instructor 
3who teaches exclusively in a commercial driving school. On and 
4after July 1, 1986, the existing rules and regulations of the 
5State Board of Education concerning commercial driving schools 
6shall continue to remain in effect but shall be administered 
7by the Secretary of State until such time as the Secretary of 
8State shall amend or repeal the rules in accordance with the 
9Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Upon request, the 
10Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of completion to 
11a student under 18 years of age who has completed an approved 
12driver education course at a commercial driving school.
13(Source: P.A. 104-260, eff. 8-15-25; 104-275, eff. 1-1-26; 
14revised 11-21-25.)