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Bill	VEH CD-STOP FOR PEDESTRIAN	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that where traffic signals are not in place, vehicles must stop and yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk rather than yielding the right-of-way by slowing down or stopping if need be. Provides that on a school day when children are present and so close that a potential hazard exists because of the close proximity of the motorized traffic and when traffic signals are not in place or in operation, vehicles must stop and yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk rather than yielding the right-of-way by slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 43	Illinois HB 43 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	52	2	2008-12-30	2010-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/9022f600-ceb6-4acd-a3df-70107b664d42	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=43&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=39988&SessionID=76&GA=96	f4def4022e10f68a37815a34d9e393324abb6de9acc486d950a885ebf1200fc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 43 (96th) — VEH CD-STOP FOR PEDESTRIAN

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that where traffic signals are not in place, vehicles must stop and yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk rather than yielding the right-of-way by slowing down or stopping if need be. Provides that on a school day when children are present and so close that a potential hazard exists because of the close proximity of the motorized traffic and when traffic signals are not in place or in operation, vehicles must stop and yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk rather than yielding the right-of-way by slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield. Effective immediately.

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 — 33–15 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 60–54 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Cronin — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — cosponsor (person)
• Luis Arroyo — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
• Rickey R. Hendon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-12-30 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Luis Arroyo filing
• 2009-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-05 Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2009-02-05 Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
• 2009-02-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Vehicles & Safety Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2009-02-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2009-02-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2009-02-25 Removed from Short Debate Status
• 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2009-02-25 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 060-054-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-02-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-02-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
• 2009-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
• 2009-05-06 Do Pass Transportation; 007-001-002 committee-passage
• 2009-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
• 2009-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Consideration Postponed reading-3
• 2009-05-19 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed May 20, 2009
• 2009-08-15 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2010-04-13 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2010-04-13 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed April 14, 2010
• 2010-04-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2010-04-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2010-04-21 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 7, 2010 reading-3
• 2010-04-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2010-04-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
• 2010-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 033-015-004 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2010
• 2010-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1165 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9022f600-ceb6-4acd-a3df-70107b664d42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).