republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-1502.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "OHARE DRIVER SAFE-DEFINITIONS"
description: "Amends the O'Hare Driver Safety Act. Defines \"Department\" as the Illinois Department of Transportation. In a provision prohibition stopping or standing within one-half mile of O'Hare International Airport, provides that \"traffic route\" refers to all routes within the defined radii, including routes that are under the jurisdiction or partial jurisdiction of the Department. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 1502"
citation: "Illinois HB 1502 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Stephens", "Robert F. Martwick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44812d7a-4408-4694-8d66-f97bfa63ee38"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1502&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=157585&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "8391313ce4678968e0da6e27db3659b7fd0d26850ec02bdbce8b0fbea3d151b2"
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 1502 (104th) — OHARE DRIVER SAFE-DEFINITIONS

Amends the O'Hare Driver Safety Act. Defines "Department" as the Illinois Department of Transportation. In a provision prohibition stopping or standing within one-half mile of O'Hare International Airport, provides that "traffic route" refers to all routes within the defined radii, including routes that are under the jurisdiction or partial jurisdiction of the Department. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1502.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1502eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1502ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1502enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Transportation — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation: Vehicles & Safety — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Stephens — primary (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — primary (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Deuter — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brad Stephens `filing`
- **2025-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-18** Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2025-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Brad Stephens `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety
- **2025-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2025-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2025-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2025-03-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2025 `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2025-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-29** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 048-009-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0184 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44812d7a-4408-4694-8d66-f97bfa63ee38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).