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type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-ALTER SPEED LIMIT-LOCAL"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the county board of a county may determine and declare by ordinance a reduction in the maximum speed limit at any place or along any part or zone of a county highway whenever the county board, in its sole discretion, determines that the reduction in the maximum speed limit is appropriate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1491"
citation: "Illinois HB 1491 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f963008-db00-419c-9e24-f4bf823ae26c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1491&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30285&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "6b2ae1db3a130091a3b0d182770189f051565c501cb433c9078cb42666ebb068"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 1491 (95th) — VEH CD-ALTER SPEED LIMIT-LOCAL
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the county board of a county may determine and declare by ordinance a reduction in the maximum speed limit at any place or along any part or zone of a county highway whenever the county board, in its sole discretion, determines that the reduction in the maximum speed limit is appropriate.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1491&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30285&DocNum=1491&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1491eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30285&DocNum=1491&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1491enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30285&DocNum=1491&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1080** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Renée Kosel — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Renée Kosel `filing`
- **2007-02-21** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
- **2007-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2007-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Postponed - Transportation
- **2007-05-02** Postponed - Transportation
- **2007-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2007-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2007-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2007-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Renée Kosel
- **2007-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- **2007-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
- **2007-06-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 099-000-000
- **2007-06-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-07-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-31** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-31** Effective Date June 1, 2008
- **2007-08-31** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0574 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f963008-db00-419c-9e24-f4bf823ae26c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).