104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1276 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/12-215625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the use of red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on vehicles owned or operated by volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS providers, but only when responding to an emergency call or parked or stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the emergency. Allows a vehicle operated by a volunteer firefighter or volunteer EMS provider to be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell, to be used only when responding to an emergency call. LRB104 06170 LNS 16204 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1276 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/12-215625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the use of red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on vehicles owned or operated by volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS providers, but only when responding to an emergency call or parked or stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the emergency. Allows a vehicle operated by a volunteer firefighter or volunteer EMS provider to be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell, to be used only when responding to an emergency call. LRB104 06170 LNS 16204 b LRB104 06170 LNS 16204 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1276 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-215625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601
625 ILCS 5/12-215
625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the use of red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on vehicles owned or operated by volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS providers, but only when responding to an emergency call or parked or stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the emergency. Allows a vehicle operated by a volunteer firefighter or volunteer EMS provider to be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell, to be used only when responding to an emergency call.
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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Sections 12-215 and 12-601 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/12-215)
7 Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on
8 motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
9 (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating, or
10 flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
11 except on:
12 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, federal, or
13 local authorities;
14 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
15 coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities,
16 in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such
17 designation or authorization must be carried in the
18 vehicle;
19 2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire
20 chief, or assistant fire chief who has completed an
21 emergency vehicle operation training course approved by
22 the Office of the State Fire Marshal and designated or
23 authorized by local authorities, fire departments, or fire
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1276 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-215625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601
625 ILCS 5/12-215
625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the use of red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on vehicles owned or operated by volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS providers, but only when responding to an emergency call or parked or stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the emergency. Allows a vehicle operated by a volunteer firefighter or volunteer EMS provider to be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell, to be used only when responding to an emergency call.
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1 protection districts, in writing, as a fire department,
2 fire protection district, or township fire department
3 vehicle; however, the designation or authorization must be
4 carried in the vehicle, and the lights may be visible or
5 activated only when responding to a bona fide emergency;
6 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
7 federal firefighting vehicles;
8 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
9 ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights
10 shall not be lighted except when responding to an
11 emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick
12 or injured;
13 4.5. Vehicles which are occasionally used as rescue
14 vehicles that have been authorized for use as rescue
15 vehicles by a volunteer EMS provider, provided that the
16 operator of the vehicle has successfully completed an
17 emergency vehicle operation training course recognized by
18 the Department of Public Health; furthermore, the lights
19 shall not be lighted except when responding to an
20 emergency call for the sick or injured;
21 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such
22 lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on
23 any such tow truck while the tow truck is operating in the
24 State of Illinois;
25 6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
26 Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
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1 Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public
2 Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of
3 Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of
4 Juvenile Justice;
5 7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
6 management services agency as defined in the Illinois
7 Emergency Management Agency Act;
8 8. School buses operating alternately flashing head
9 lamps as permitted under Section 12-805 of this Code;
10 9. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
11 organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with
12 blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
13 furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the
14 transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
15 transplant team or a representative of the organ
16 procurement organization;
17 10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
18 Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
19 emergency response;
20 11. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of
21 Transportation identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol; the
22 lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
23 emergency call or when parked or stationary while engaged
24 in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the
25 emergency; and
26 12. Vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway
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1 Authority with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000
2 pounds or more and those identified as Highway Emergency
3 Lane Patrol; the lights shall not be lighted except when
4 responding to an emergency call or when parked or
5 stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at
6 the scene of the emergency; and .
7 13. Vehicles owned or operated by volunteer
8 firefighters and volunteer EMS providers; the lights shall
9 not be lighted except when responding to an emergency call
10 or parked or stationary while engaged in motor vehicle
11 assistance or at the scene of the emergency.
12 (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing
13 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
14 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
15 towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
16 shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
17 1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
18 actually being used at the scene of a crash or
19 disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat
20 bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being
21 transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the
22 vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
23 vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
24 wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be
25 lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a
26 highway during all times when the use of headlights is
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1 required under Section 12-201 of this Code; in addition,
2 these vehicles may use white oscillating, rotating, or
3 flashing lights in combination with amber oscillating,
4 rotating, or flashing lights as provided in this
5 paragraph;
6 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
7 Illinois, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, local
8 authorities, and contractors; furthermore, such lights
9 shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are
10 engaged in maintenance or construction operations within
11 the limits of construction projects;
12 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey
13 crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
14 except while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on
15 a highway;
16 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
17 other construction, maintenance, or automotive service
18 vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
19 a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic
20 hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking,
21 or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance,
22 service, or construction on a highway;
23 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
24 shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
25 the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
26 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and
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1 operated by the State of Illinois or any political
2 subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for
3 removal of snow and ice from highways;
4 6.1. The front and rear of motorized equipment or
5 vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or
6 any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed
7 and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and
8 parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that
9 is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except
10 when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being
11 used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government;
12 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state,
13 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as
14 provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
15 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local
16 authorities;
17 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
18 authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
19 rotating, or flashing lights;
20 9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
21 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
22 for the United States Postal Service provided that such
23 lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
24 actually being used for such purposes;
25 10.5. Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State
26 Fire Marshal, provided that such lights shall not be
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1 lighted except for when such vehicles are engaged in work
2 for the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal;
3 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
4 emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
5 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
6 roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage,
7 recycling, or refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be
8 lighted except when such vehicles are actually being used
9 for such purposes;
10 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
11 responder, control agency, or the Illinois Department of
12 Corrections;
13 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
14 Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
15 when being used for security related purposes under the
16 direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
17 vehicle is located; and
18 15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the
19 lights shall be lighted only while the vehicle is within
20 the limits of a construction project.
21 (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing
22 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
23 1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire
24 department or fire protection district and vehicles owned
25 or operated by a:
26 voluntary firefighter;
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1 paid firefighter;
2 part-paid firefighter;
3 call firefighter;
4 member of the board of trustees of a fire
5 protection district;
6 paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
7 paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
8 unit; or
9 paid or unpaid members of a local or county
10 emergency management services agency as defined in the
11 Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, designated
12 or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and
13 carrying that designation or authorization in the
14 vehicle.
15 However, such lights are not to be lighted except when
16 responding to a bona fide emergency or when parked or
17 stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance
18 call, or motor vehicle crash.
19 Any person using these lights in accordance with this
20 subdivision (c)1 must carry on his or her person an
21 identification card or letter identifying the bona fide
22 member of a fire department, fire protection district,
23 rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management
24 services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The
25 card or letter must include:
26 (A) the name of the fire department, fire
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1 protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or
2 emergency management services agency;
3 (B) the member's position within the fire
4 department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
5 ambulance unit, or emergency management services
6 agency;
7 (C) the member's term of service; and
8 (D) the name of a person within the fire
9 department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
10 ambulance unit, or emergency management services
11 agency to contact to verify the information provided.
12 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
13 population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
14 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
15 authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
16 rotating, or flashing lights.
17 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
18 federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
19 with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
20 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
21 ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
22 with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
23 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
24 responding to an emergency call.
25 6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
26 organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red
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1 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore,
2 these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
3 is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant
4 team or a representative of the organ procurement
5 organization.
6 7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
7 Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
8 Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public
9 Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of
10 Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of
11 Juvenile Justice, when used in combination with red
12 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
13 8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
14 management services agency as defined in the Illinois
15 Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination
16 with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
17 9. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
18 Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
19 emergency response, when used in combination with red
20 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
21 10. Vehicles owned or operated by volunteer
22 firefighters and volunteer EMS providers; the lights shall
23 not be lighted except when responding to an emergency call
24 or parked or stationary while engaged in motor vehicle
25 assistance or at the scene of the emergency.
26 (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
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1 flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
2 notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a
3 voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad,
4 or a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with
5 flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be
6 used only in responding to an emergency call or when parked or
7 stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance
8 call, or motor vehicle crash.
9 (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
10 flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
11 notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid
12 or unpaid member of a local or county emergency management
13 services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency
14 Management Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating,
15 rotating, or flashing lights to be used in combination with
16 blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if
17 authorization by local authorities is in writing and carried
18 in the vehicle.
19 (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
20 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, whether lighted or
21 unlighted, is prohibited except on second division vehicles
22 designed and used for towing or hoisting vehicles or motor
23 vehicles or equipment of the State of Illinois, local
24 authorities, contractors, and union representatives;
25 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on second
26 division vehicles designed and used for towing or hoisting
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1 vehicles or vehicles of the State of Illinois, local
2 authorities, and contractors except while such vehicles are
3 engaged in a tow operation, highway maintenance, or
4 construction operations within the limits of highway
5 construction projects, and shall not be lighted on the
6 vehicles of union representatives except when those vehicles
7 are within the limits of a construction project.
8 (d-5) The use of green oscillating, flashing, or rotating
9 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
10 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
11 towing or hoisting vehicles when the lights on those
12 vehicles are used in combination with amber or amber and
13 white oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights;
14 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
15 such vehicles are actually being used at the scene of a
16 crash or disablement.
17 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
18 Illinois when the lights on those vehicles or equipment
19 are used in combination with amber or amber and white
20 oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights; furthermore,
21 such lights shall not be lighted except while such
22 vehicles or equipment are engaged in maintenance
23 operations, snow and ice removal operations, or performing
24 traffic control and protection duties while at an
25 emergency scene.
26 3. Motor vehicles of the Department of Transportation
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1 identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol when the lights on
2 those vehicles are used in combination with red and white
3 oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights when responding
4 to an emergency call or when parked or stationary while
5 engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at an emergency
6 scene.
7 4. Motor vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway
8 Authority when the lights on those vehicles are used in
9 combination with amber oscillating, flashing, or rotating
10 lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
11 except while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance
12 operations, snow and ice removal operations, or performing
13 traffic control and protection duties while at an
14 emergency scene.
15 5. Motor vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway
16 Authority with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000
17 pounds or more and those identified as Highway Emergency
18 Lane Patrol when the lights on those vehicles are used in
19 combination with red and white oscillating, flashing, or
20 rotating lights when responding to an emergency call or
21 when parked or stationary while engaged in motor vehicle
22 assistance or at the scene of the emergency.
23 6. Motor vehicles or equipment of local authority or
24 municipalities which perform highway maintenance
25 operations, when the lights on those vehicles are used in
26 combination with amber or amber and white oscillating,
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1 flashing, or rotating lights; furthermore, such lights
2 shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are
3 engaged in the maintenance operations, snow and ice
4 removal operations, or performing traffic control and
5 protection duties while at an emergency scene.
6 7. Fire department vehicles of local fire departments
7 and State or federal firefighting vehicles when the lights
8 on those vehicles are used in combination with red, or red
9 and white, or red and blue, oscillating, rotating, or
10 flashing lights.
11 8. Vehicles used by a security company when the lights
12 on those vehicles are used in combination with amber
13 oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights; furthermore,
14 such lights shall not be lighted except when the vehicle
15 is being operated upon the property or location where the
16 security company is employed to perform security or crime
17 prevention duties.
18 9. Ambulances or rescue vehicles operating in counties
19 with populations of less than 2,000,000.
20 (d-10) Fire department vehicles of local fire departments
21 and State or federal firefighting vehicles, police vehicles of
22 State, federal, or local authorities, and vehicles designated
23 by local or State authority, while parked at an emergency
24 scene, may use a steady-on illumination or steady-burn, or
25 flashing green beacon or beacons if such steady-on,
26 steady-burn, or flashing beacon is used to indicate an
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1 emergency operations command post or incident command
2 location.
3 (e) All oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights referred
4 to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when
5 illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
6 (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer
7 of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or his
8 representative or authorized vendor from temporarily mounting
9 such lights on a vehicle for demonstration purposes only. If
10 the lights are not covered while the vehicle is operated upon a
11 highway, the vehicle shall display signage indicating that the
12 vehicle is out of service or not an emergency vehicle. The
13 signage shall be displayed on all sides of the vehicle in
14 letters at least 2 inches tall and one-half inch wide. A
15 vehicle authorized to have oscillating, rotating, or flashing
16 lights mounted for demonstration purposes may not activate the
17 lights while the vehicle is operated upon a highway.
18 (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a),
19 (b), (c), (d), (d-5), or (d-10) of this Section who without
20 lawful authority stops or detains or attempts to stop or
21 detain another person shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
22 (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person
23 violating the provisions of subsection (a) or (c) of this
24 Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
25 (Source: P.A. 102-842, eff. 1-1-23; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23;
26 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-667, eff. 1-1-25.)
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1 (625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)
2 Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices.
3 (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall
4 be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of
5 emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance
6 of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device
7 shall emit an unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle.
8 The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary
9 to insure safe operation give audible warning with his horn
10 but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
11 (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person
12 use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except as
13 otherwise permitted in this Section. Any authorized emergency
14 vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in Chapter 1 of
15 this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire
16 chief, assistant fire chief, volunteer firefighter, volunteer
17 EMS provider, or the Director or Coordinator of a municipal or
18 county emergency services and disaster agency may be equipped
19 with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound
20 audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less
21 than 500 feet, but such siren, whistle, or bell shall not be
22 used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an
23 emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or
24 suspected violator of the law in either of which events the
25 driver of such vehicle shall sound such siren, whistle, or
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