Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1800 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1800 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/6-103 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue an instruction permit to a child who is not less than 15 years of age if the child receives permission from a driver education teacher or administrator from a school offering an approved driver education course (rather than if the child is enrolled in an approved driver education course). LRB104 10123 LNS 20195 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1800 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/6-103 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103 625 ILCS 5/6-103 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue an instruction permit to a child who is not less than 15 years of age if the child receives permission from a driver education teacher or administrator from a school offering an approved driver education course (rather than if the child is enrolled in an approved driver education course). LRB104 10123 LNS 20195 b LRB104 10123 LNS 20195 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1800 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue an instruction permit to a child who is not less than 15 years of age if the child receives permission from a driver education teacher or administrator from a school offering an approved driver education course (rather than if the child is enrolled in an approved driver education course).
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 6-103 as follows:
16	16	6 (625 ILCS 5/6-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103)
17	17	7 Sec. 6-103. What persons shall not be licensed as drivers
18	18	8 or granted permits. The Secretary of State shall not issue,
19	19	9 renew, or allow the retention of any driver's license nor
20	20	10 issue any permit under this Code:
21	21	11 1. To any person, as a driver, who is under the age of
22	22	12 18 years except as provided in Section 6-107, and except
23	23	13 that an instruction permit may be issued under Section
24	24	14 6-107.1 to a child who is not less than 15 years of age if
25	25	15 the child receives permission from a driver education
26	26	16 teacher or administrator from a school offering is
27	27	17 enrolled in an approved driver education course as defined
28	28	18 in Section 1-103 of this Code and requires an instruction
29	29	19 permit to participate therein, except that an instruction
30	30	20 permit may be issued under the provisions of Section
31	31	21 6-107.1 to a child who is 17 years and 3 months of age
32	32	22 without the child having enrolled in an approved driver
33	33	23 education course and except that an instruction permit may
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1800 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue an instruction permit to a child who is not less than 15 years of age if the child receives permission from a driver education teacher or administrator from a school offering an approved driver education course (rather than if the child is enrolled in an approved driver education course).
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68	68	1 be issued to a child who is at least 15 years and 3 months
69	69	2 of age, is enrolled in school, meets the educational
70	70	3 requirements of the Driver Education Act, and has passed
71	71	4 examinations the Secretary of State in his or her
72	72	5 discretion may prescribe;
73	73	6 1.5. To any person at least 18 years of age but less
74	74	7 than 21 years of age unless the person has, in addition to
75	75	8 any other requirements of this Code, successfully
76	76	9 completed an adult driver education course as provided in
77	77	10 Section 6-107.5 of this Code;
78	78	11 2. To any person who is under the age of 18 as an
79	79	12 operator of a motorcycle other than a motor driven cycle
80	80	13 unless the person has, in addition to meeting the
81	81	14 provisions of Section 6-107 of this Code, successfully
82	82	15 completed a motorcycle training course approved by the
83	83	16 Illinois Department of Transportation;
84	84	17 3. To any person, as a driver, whose driver's license
85	85	18 or permit has been suspended, during the suspension, nor
86	86	19 to any person whose driver's license or permit has been
87	87	20 revoked, except as provided in Sections 6-205, 6-206, and
88	88	21 6-208;
89	89	22 4. To any person, as a driver, who is a user of alcohol
90	90	23 or any other drug to a degree that renders the person
91	91	24 incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
92	92	25 5. To any person, as a driver, who has previously been
93	93	26 adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from any mental
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104	104	1 or physical disability or disease and who has not at the
105	105	2 time of application been restored to competency by the
106	106	3 methods provided by law;
107	107	4 6. To any person, as a driver, who is required by the
108	108	5 Secretary of State to submit an alcohol and drug
109	109	6 evaluation or take an examination provided for in this
110	110	7 Code unless the person has successfully passed the
111	111	8 examination and submitted any required evaluation;
112	112	9 7. To any person who is required under the provisions
113	113	10 of the laws of this State to deposit security or proof of
114	114	11 financial responsibility and who has not deposited the
115	115	12 security or proof;
116	116	13 8. To any person when the Secretary of State has good
117	117	14 cause to believe that the person by reason of physical or
118	118	15 mental disability would not be able to safely operate a
119	119	16 motor vehicle upon the highways, unless the person shall
120	120	17 furnish to the Secretary of State a verified written
121	121	18 statement, acceptable to the Secretary of State, from a
122	122	19 competent medical specialist, a licensed physician
123	123	20 assistant, or a licensed advanced practice registered
124	124	21 nurse, to the effect that the operation of a motor vehicle
125	125	22 by the person would not be inimical to the public safety;
126	126	23 9. To any person, as a driver, who is 69 years of age
127	127	24 or older, unless the person has successfully complied with
128	128	25 the provisions of Section 6-109;
129	129	26 10. To any person convicted, within 12 months of
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140	140	1 application for a license, of any of the sexual offenses
141	141	2 enumerated in paragraph 2 of subsection (b) of Section
142	142	3 6-205;
143	143	4 11. To any person who is under the age of 21 years with
144	144	5 a classification prohibited in paragraph (b) of Section
145	145	6 6-104 and to any person who is under the age of 18 years
146	146	7 with a classification prohibited in paragraph (c) of
147	147	8 Section 6-104;
148	148	9 12. To any person who has been either convicted of or
149	149	10 adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based
150	150	11 upon a violation of the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois
151	151	12 Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control
152	152	13 and Community Protection Act while that person was in
153	153	14 actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For purposes
154	154	15 of this Section, any person placed on probation under
155	155	16 Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the
156	156	17 Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the
157	157	18 Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act shall
158	158	19 not be considered convicted. Any person found guilty of
159	159	20 this offense, while in actual physical control of a motor
160	160	21 vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court record by
161	161	22 the judge that this offense did occur while the person was
162	162	23 in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and order
163	163	24 the clerk of the court to report the violation to the
164	164	25 Secretary of State as such. The Secretary of State shall
165	165	26 not issue a new license or permit for a period of one year;
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176	176	1 13. To any person who is under the age of 18 years and
177	177	2 who has committed the offense of operating a motor vehicle
178	178	3 without a valid license or permit in violation of Section
179	179	4 6-101 or a similar out-of-state offense;
180	180	5 14. To any person who is 90 days or more delinquent in
181	181	6 court ordered child support payments or has been
182	182	7 adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days'
183	183	8 obligation or more and who has been found in contempt of
184	184	9 court for failure to pay the support, subject to the
185	185	10 requirements and procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7 of
186	186	11 the Illinois Vehicle Code;
187	187	12 14.5. To any person certified by the Illinois
188	188	13 Department of Healthcare and Family Services as being 90
189	189	14 days or more delinquent in payment of support under an
190	190	15 order of support entered by a court or administrative body
191	191	16 of this or any other State, subject to the requirements
192	192	17 and procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7 of this Code
193	193	18 regarding those certifications;
194	194	19 15. To any person released from a term of imprisonment
195	195	20 for violating Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
196	196	21 the Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision of a law
197	197	22 of another state relating to reckless homicide or for
198	198	23 violating subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection
199	199	24 (d) of Section 11-501 of this Code relating to aggravated
200	200	25 driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or
201	201	26 drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, or any
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212	212	1 combination thereof, if the violation was the proximate
213	213	2 cause of a death, within 24 months of release from a term
214	214	3 of imprisonment;
215	215	4 16. To any person who, with intent to influence any
216	216	5 act related to the issuance of any driver's license or
217	217	6 permit, by an employee of the Secretary of State's Office,
218	218	7 or the owner or employee of any commercial driver training
219	219	8 school licensed by the Secretary of State, or any other
220	220	9 individual authorized by the laws of this State to give
221	221	10 driving instructions or administer all or part of a
222	222	11 driver's license examination, promises or tenders to that
223	223	12 person any property or personal advantage which that
224	224	13 person is not authorized by law to accept. Any persons
225	225	14 promising or tendering such property or personal advantage
226	226	15 shall be disqualified from holding any class of driver's
227	227	16 license or permit for 120 consecutive days. The Secretary
228	228	17 of State shall establish by rule the procedures for
229	229	18 implementing this period of disqualification and the
230	230	19 procedures by which persons so disqualified may obtain
231	231	20 administrative review of the decision to disqualify;
232	232	21 17. To any person for whom the Secretary of State
233	233	22 cannot verify the accuracy of any information or
234	234	23 documentation submitted in application for a driver's
235	235	24 license;
236	236	25 18. To any person who has been adjudicated under the
237	237	26 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based upon an offense that is
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