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Bill	VEH CD-DUTCH REACH	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include a test question concerning bicycle safety, of which one may be concerning the Dutch Reach method, in the question pool used for the written portion of the drivers license examination.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 5143	Illinois HB 5143 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	59	2	2018-02-15	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/6a9b085a-0640-4185-a7c8-6066023567e3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5143&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110765&SessionID=91&GA=100	4d4e744bca3ef129653d0d0c4c5f77abc376746749a98ebeb04a590c01f9d170	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5143 (100th) — VEH CD-DUTCH REACH

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include a test question concerning bicycle safety, of which one may be concerning the Dutch Reach method, in the question pool used for the written portion of the drivers license examination.

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 — 87–12 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Theresa Mah — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah filing
• 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2018-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
• 2018-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2018-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2018-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2018-03-07 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee
• 2018-04-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-04-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-012-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
• 2018-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2018-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2018-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-24 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Omar Aquino
• 2018-04-25 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Postponed - Transportation
• 2018-05-09 Postponed - Transportation
• 2018-05-11 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2018
• 2018-05-17 To Subcommittee on Special Issues (TR)
• 2018-05-24 Re-referred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-05-24 Waive Posting Notice
• 2018-05-25 Do Pass Transportation; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2018-05-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 28, 2018
• 2018-05-25 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2018 reading-3
• 2018-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0770 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a9b085a-0640-4185-a7c8-6066023567e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).