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Bill	FLASHING YELLOW RIGHT-OF-WAY	Amends the Vehicle Code to allow a vehicle or pedestrian to enter an intersection under direction of a flashing yellow traffic-control signal, but yield to pedestrians and other vehicles already lawfully within the intersection. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1381	Illinois SB 1381 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2013-02-06	2014-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/7efddd75-86cc-4c52-869e-4cfcd06f88e5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1381&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=71928&SessionID=85&GA=98	47ae9d06a583456a0351211a1a17336a7be8d34dce4e98cc7bd9a343a531f4e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1381 (98th) — FLASHING YELLOW RIGHT-OF-WAY

Amends the Vehicle Code to allow a vehicle or pedestrian to enter an intersection under direction of a flashing yellow traffic-control signal, but yield to pedestrians and other vehicles already lawfully within the intersection. 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 — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Koehler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-06 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler filing
• 2013-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-06 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-14 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2013-02-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler amendment-introduction
• 2013-02-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
• 2013-02-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-02-27 Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2013
• 2013-02-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 1, 2013
• 2013-03-13 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-13 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-03-14 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
• 2013-03-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-08 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-10 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-30 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-31 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-31 Effective Date July 31, 2014
• 2014-07-31 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0798 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7efddd75-86cc-4c52-869e-4cfcd06f88e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).