republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-1574.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "VEH CD-LEFT LANE USAGE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits excessive use of the left lane of controlled access and other multilane highways except when certain conditions exist. Provides that a vehicle may not be driven to the left of another vehicle on those highways for a distance exceeding one-half mile. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while using emergency lighting or to law enforcement vehicles engaged in official duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1574"
citation: "Illinois HB 1574 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-07"
last_action: "2003-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee762287-1d8e-4d54-9ad4-d2c8f2fb2f6a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1574&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2356&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "bec8076446b85d3b41436497503533b147c05195f8ce7db98a129106c8df00f7"
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 1574 (93rd) — VEH CD-LEFT LANE USAGE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits excessive use of the left lane of controlled access and other multilane highways except when certain conditions exist. Provides that a vehicle may not be driven to the left of another vehicle on those highways for a distance exceeding one-half mile. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles while using emergency lighting or to law enforcement vehicles engaged in official duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1574&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2356&DocNum=1574&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1574eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2356&DocNum=1574&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1574enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2356&DocNum=1574&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **99–13** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2003-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joel Brunsvold
- **2003-02-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 016-001-001 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-21** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-02-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
- **2003-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 012-001-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2003-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2003-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-013-004 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2003-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Transportation; 008-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 040-010-005 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-06** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0447 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee762287-1d8e-4d54-9ad4-d2c8f2fb2f6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).