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Bill	VEH CD-CONSTRUCTION ZONE	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalty for violating the Section regarding use of due caution in approaching or entering a highway construction or maintenance area or zone from a maximum fine of $10,000 to a maximum fine of $25,000. Provides that the driver of a vehicle shall avoid encroaching upon any designated highway construction or maintenance zone, and violators shall be fined no less than $100 and no more than $1,000.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 1496	Illinois SB 1496 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2019-02-13	2019-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d40c1e16-62d3-4a0d-82f4-81318e95150b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1496&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118398&SessionID=108&GA=101	a37ddfc1d38c3a5afbe65525583df5c4797bdb0507994ba5b862aff0077447fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1496 (101st) — VEH CD-CONSTRUCTION ZONE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Increases the penalty for violating the Section regarding use of due caution in approaching or entering a highway construction or maintenance area or zone from a maximum fine of $10,000 to a maximum fine of $25,000. Provides that the driver of a vehicle shall avoid encroaching upon any designated highway construction or maintenance zone, and violators shall be fined no less than $100 and no more than $1,000.

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 — 115–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• David McSweeney — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Carroll — primary (person)
• Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Halpin — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton filing
• 2019-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Postponed - Transportation
• 2019-03-12 Postponed - Transportation
• 2019-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2019-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-03-20 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
• 2019-03-26 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2019
• 2019-04-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2019-04-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2019-04-10 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2019-04-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2019-04-16 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2019-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2019-04-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-001 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
• 2019-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
• 2019-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-30 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-07-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0172 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d40c1e16-62d3-4a0d-82f4-81318e95150b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).