---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-MOTORCYCLES-RED LIGHTS"
description: "If and only if House Bill 2860 of the 97th General Assembly becomes law, amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a motorcycle may proceed through a red light which fails to change to a green light \"within a reasonable period of time not less than 120 seconds\" (instead of \"within a reasonable period of time\"). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2528"
citation: "Illinois SB 2528 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-11-09"
last_action: "2012-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5327ffc9-2149-4a8d-9ed1-7ef8c102e82d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2528&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=62549&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "e04de7ffcc03c710f61322f9090e449e3c8eaadfa2a59884be3112143c11abcc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 2528 (97th) — VEH CD-MOTORCYCLES-RED LIGHTS

If and only if House Bill 2860 of the 97th General Assembly becomes law, amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a motorcycle may proceed through a red light which fails to change to a green light "within a reasonable period of time not less than 120 seconds" (instead of "within a reasonable period of time"). Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2528&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62549&DocNum=2528&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2528eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62549&DocNum=2528&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2528enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=62549&DocNum=2528&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Franco Coladipietro — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — primary (person)
- Kay Hatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael G. Connelly — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-11-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2011-11-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-11-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-24** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Do Pass Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 8, 2012
- **2012-02-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 9, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 050-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2012-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 006-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-04-23** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2012-04-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
- **2012-04-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-04-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2012-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
- **2012-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
- **2012-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Evans
- **2012-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2012-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2012-04-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-06** Effective Date July 6, 2012
- **2012-07-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0762 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5327ffc9-2149-4a8d-9ed1-7ef8c102e82d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).