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Bill	VEH CD-LEFT LANE USAGE	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits excessive use of the left lane of controlled access and other multilane highways except when certain conditions exist. Provides that a vehicle may not be driven to the left of another vehicle on those highways for a distance exceeding one-half mile. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while using emergency lighting or to law enforcement vehicles engaged in official duties.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 1574	Illinois HB 1574 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2003-02-07	2003-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/ee762287-1d8e-4d54-9ad4-d2c8f2fb2f6a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1574&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2356&SessionID=3&GA=93	bec8076446b85d3b41436497503533b147c05195f8ce7db98a129106c8df00f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1574 (93rd) — VEH CD-LEFT LANE USAGE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits excessive use of the left lane of controlled access and other multilane highways except when certain conditions exist. Provides that a vehicle may not be driven to the left of another vehicle on those highways for a distance exceeding one-half mile. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while using emergency lighting or to law enforcement vehicles engaged in official duties.

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 — 99–13 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. Millner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner filing
• 2003-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-11 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joel Brunsvold
• 2003-02-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 016-001-001 committee-passage
• 2003-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-21 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-21 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
• 2003-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 012-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
• 2003-03-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2003-03-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-013-004 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
• 2003-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-02 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass Transportation; 008-001-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
• 2003-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 040-010-005 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-06 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0447 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee762287-1d8e-4d54-9ad4-d2c8f2fb2f6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).