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Bill	PEDESTRIAN-DISABILITY-PATHS	Amends the Pedestrians with Disabilities Safety Act. Adds to the definition of "pedestrian with a disability" a person who may require the use of a mobility device, service animal, or white cane to travel on the walking, running, or bicycle paths of this State. Provides that if the Governor takes public notice of Pedestrians with Disabilities Safety Day (October 15) and issues a proclamation, he may discuss the history of laws protecting pedestrians with disabilities and may emphasize the need of all citizens to keep safe and functional for persons with disabilities the walking, running, or bicycle paths of this State.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2643	Illinois HB 2643 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2017-02-08	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/b9833880-4427-4aac-af43-caef3aed0917	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2643&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103916&SessionID=91&GA=100	38f7b064daa5722b6ffbc5329bf52f0630dc075de675fee0216a0c8857d9023c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2643 (100th) — PEDESTRIAN-DISABILITY-PATHS

Amends the Pedestrians with Disabilities Safety Act. Adds to the definition of "pedestrian with a disability" a person who may require the use of a mobility device, service animal, or white cane to travel on the walking, running, or bicycle paths of this State. Provides that if the Governor takes public notice of Pedestrians with Disabilities Safety Day (October 15) and issues a proclamation, he may discuss the history of laws protecting pedestrians with disabilities and may emphasize the need of all citizens to keep safe and functional for persons with disabilities the walking, running, or bicycle paths of this State.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis filing
• 2017-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Special Needs Services referral-committee
• 2017-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Special Needs Services; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2017-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2017-03-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-17 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0076 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9833880-4427-4aac-af43-caef3aed0917. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).