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type: "Bill"
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title: "VEH CD-ALTER SPEED LIMIT-LOCAL"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the county board of a county may determine and declare by ordinance a reduction in the maximum speed limit at any place or along any part or zone of a county highway whenever the county board, in its sole discretion, determines that the reduction in the maximum speed limit is appropriate."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "HB 1491"
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citation: "Illinois HB 1491 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2007-02-21"
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last_action: "2007-08-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f963008-db00-419c-9e24-f4bf823ae26c"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1491&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30285&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "6b2ae1db3a130091a3b0d182770189f051565c501cb433c9078cb42666ebb068"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 1491 (95th) — VEH CD-ALTER SPEED LIMIT-LOCAL
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the county board of a county may determine and declare by ordinance a reduction in the maximum speed limit at any place or along any part or zone of a county highway whenever the county board, in its sole discretion, determines that the reduction in the maximum speed limit is appropriate.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1491&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30285&DocNum=1491&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1491eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30285&DocNum=1491&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1491enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30285&DocNum=1491&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concurrence — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Renée Kosel — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Renée Kosel `filing`
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- **2007-02-21** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
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- **2007-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
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- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2007-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
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- **2007-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-25** Postponed - Transportation
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- **2007-05-02** Postponed - Transportation
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- **2007-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
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- **2007-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-05-15** Do Pass as Amended Transportation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
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- **2007-05-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2007
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- **2007-05-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
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- **2007-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2007-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
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- **2007-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Renée Kosel
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- **2007-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
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- **2007-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
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- **2007-06-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 099-000-000
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- **2007-06-07** Passed Both Houses
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- **2007-07-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2007-08-31** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2007-08-31** Effective Date June 1, 2008
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- **2007-08-31** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0574 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f963008-db00-419c-9e24-f4bf823ae26c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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