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Bill	HWY CD-UNDERPASS HAZARD BAR	Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, local authorities, or any responsible entity to erect and maintain hazard bars for all viaducts and underpasses with a clearance of less than 15 feet. Provides that the hazard bar shall hang at the same clearance level as the viaduct or underpass and at least 500 feet in front of the viaduct or underpass to alert motorists.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	SB 1653	Illinois SB 1653 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Nabeela Syed Rachel Ventura	5	42	6	2023-02-08	2023-06-09	openstates	ocd-bill/87900518-b5cb-47f8-b26b-837e1fe56108	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1653&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146430&SessionID=112	66aaf83fb4af4dcc571ad665fa662f8f7e3e24e3cfb889f5c7253da4e860c1b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1653 (103rd) — HWY CD-UNDERPASS HAZARD BAR

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, local authorities, or any responsible entity to erect and maintain hazard bars for all viaducts and underpasses with a clearance of less than 15 feet. Provides that the hazard bar shall hang at the same clearance level as the viaduct or underpass and at least 500 feet in front of the viaduct or underpass to alert motorists.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 67–38 (pass) · lower
• Transportation, Amendment 1 — 11–6 (pass) · lower
• Trans: Regulations, Roads & Bridges — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower
• Transportation — 12–6 (pass) · lower
• Executive, Amendment 2 — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nabeela Syed — primary (person)
• Rachel Ventura — primary (person)
• Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
• Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
• Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura filing
• 2023-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-08 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-02-14 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2023-02-22 Do Pass Transportation; 012-006-000
• 2023-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 23, 2023 reading-2
• 2023-03-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
• 2023-03-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2023-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 011-006-001
• 2023-03-29 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
• 2023-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-03-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2023-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
• 2023-03-31 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ventura amendment-passage
• 2023-03-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Ventura amendment-passage
• 2023-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2023-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-31 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
• 2023-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2023-03-31 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
• 2023-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-04-13 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Nabeela Syed
• 2023-04-18 Assigned to Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges; 011-005-000
• 2023-04-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2023-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-038-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2023-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
• 2023-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2023-05-08 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
• 2023-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2023-06-09 Effective Date January 1, 2024
• 2023-06-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0099 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87900518-b5cb-47f8-b26b-837e1fe56108. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).