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Bill	VEH CD-LOW-SPEED VEHICLES	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes reference to neighborhood vehicles from the definition of "non-highway vehicle". Provides that a unit of local government may authorize the operation of low-speed vehicles on streets that have a speed limit of more than 30 miles per hour but not greater than 35 miles per hour, provided that it first considers the volume, speed, and character of traffic on the street and whether low-speed vehicles may travel safely on that street. Provides that if a street is under the jurisdiction of more than one unit of government, each unit of government must agree to allow low-speed vehicles on that street. Provides that upon authorization of low-speed vehicles on a street, appropriate signs shall be posted. Removes signs or decal requirements for low-speed vehicles. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1641	Illinois SB 1641 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2011-02-09	2011-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/24a3a47e-4fde-4486-8e51-f30a9f58ac0b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1641&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57593&SessionID=84&GA=97	d7b2e8839e2675e879c94d5ddb6946606aa4b588434448450912505122816cd7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1641 (97th) — VEH CD-LOW-SPEED VEHICLES

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes reference to neighborhood vehicles from the definition of "non-highway vehicle". Provides that a unit of local government may authorize the operation of low-speed vehicles on streets that have a speed limit of more than 30 miles per hour but not greater than 35 miles per hour, provided that it first considers the volume, speed, and character of traffic on the street and whether low-speed vehicles may travel safely on that street. Provides that if a street is under the jurisdiction of more than one unit of government, each unit of government must agree to allow low-speed vehicles on that street. Provides that upon authorization of low-speed vehicles on a street, appropriate signs shall be posted. Removes signs or decal requirements for low-speed vehicles. 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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 102–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Dave Winters — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
• Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2011-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan amendment-introduction
• 2011-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2011-03-01 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2011-03-01 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2011-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-03-01 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
• 2011-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 3, 2011
• 2011-03-03 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-03-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-02 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Biss
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2011-05-12 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2011-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-011-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-14 Effective Date July 14, 2011
• 2011-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0144 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24a3a47e-4fde-4486-8e51-f30a9f58ac0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).