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type: "Bill"
title: "HWY CD-UNDERPASS HAZARD BAR"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, local authorities, or any responsible entity to erect and maintain hazard bars for all viaducts and underpasses with a clearance of less than 15 feet. Provides that the hazard bar shall hang at the same clearance level as the viaduct or underpass and at least 500 feet in front of the viaduct or underpass to alert motorists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1653"
citation: "Illinois SB 1653 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nabeela Syed", "Rachel Ventura"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87900518-b5cb-47f8-b26b-837e1fe56108"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1653&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146430&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "66aaf83fb4af4dcc571ad665fa662f8f7e3e24e3cfb889f5c7253da4e860c1b9"
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 SB 1653 (103rd) — HWY CD-UNDERPASS HAZARD BAR
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, local authorities, or any responsible entity to erect and maintain hazard bars for all viaducts and underpasses with a clearance of less than 15 feet. Provides that the hazard bar shall hang at the same clearance level as the viaduct or underpass and at least 500 feet in front of the viaduct or underpass to alert motorists.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1653.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1653eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1653sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1653sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1653enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **6738** (pass) · lower
- Transportation, Amendment 1 — **116** (pass) · lower
- Trans: Regulations, Roads & Bridges — **115** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · lower
- Transportation — **126** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 2 — **120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nabeela Syed — primary (person)
- Rachel Ventura — primary (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura `filing`
- **2023-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-14** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Do Pass Transportation; 012-006-000
- **2023-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 23, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 011-006-001
- **2023-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2023-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
- **2023-03-31** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ventura `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Ventura `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-13** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Nabeela Syed
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges; 011-005-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-038-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2023-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0099 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87900518-b5cb-47f8-b26b-837e1fe56108`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).