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HB4588 • 2026
PARKING-HIGH POPULATION CITIES
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PARKING-HIGH POPULATION CITIES
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maura Hirschauer
PARKING-HIGH POPULATION CITIES
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Full Text of HB4588 Home Legislation Full Text HB4588 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB4588 Introduced 2/3/2026, by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 845/5-10 50 ILCS 845/5-15 Amends the People Over Parking Act. Provides that the Act applies to municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 (rather than all units of local government). Effective June 1, 2026. LRB104 18195 RTM 31634 b A BILL FOR HB4588 LRB104 18195 RTM 31634 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The People Over Parking Act is amended by 5 changing Sections 5-10 and 5-15 as follows: 6 (50 ILCS 845/5-10) 7 (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 8 delayed effective date ) 9 Sec. 5-10. Minimum automobile parking requirements 10 prohibited. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-15, 11 municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 a unit 12 of local government may not impose or enforce any minimum 13 automobile parking requirements on a development project if 14 the project is located within one-half mile of a public 15 transportation hub or one-eighth mile of a public 16 transportation corridor. 17 (Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) 18 (50 ILCS 845/5-15) 19 (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 20 delayed effective date ) 21 Sec. 5-15. Exceptions and limitations to prohibited 22 minimum automobile parking requirements. HB4588 - 2 - LRB104 18195 RTM 31634 b 1 (a) If a development project provides automobile parking 2 voluntarily, then municipalities with a population of more 3 than 2,000,000 a unit of local government may impose on the 4 development project requirements for parking spaces to be made 5 available for car-share vehicles, for parking spaces to be 6 shared with the public, or for parking spaces to be made 7 available only for a fee. Municipalities with a population of 8 more than 2,000,000 A unit of local government may not require 9 voluntarily provided parking to be provided free of charge. 10 (b) Section 5-10 does not apply to minimum automobile 11 parking requirements if the requirements conflict with a 12 contractual agreement or approved site plan with any 13 municipality with a population of more than 2,000,000 the unit 14 of local government that was executed or approved on or before 15 the effective date of this Act. However, Section 5-10 applies 16 to an amendment or extension to the contractual agreement or 17 approved site plan if the amendment or extension increases 18 automobile parking requirements. 19 (c) A development project may voluntarily build additional 20 parking that is not shared with the public. 21 (d) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to prevent 22 municipalities with a population of more than 2,000,000 a unit 23 of local government from regulating access to on-street 24 parking. 25 (e) Nothing in this Act prevents municipalities with a 26 population of more than 2,000,000 a unit of local government HB4588 - 3 - LRB104 18195 RTM 31634 b 1 from enacting or enforcing local laws that establish a maximum 2 parking requirement. 3 (f) Nothing in this Act prevents municipalities with a 4 population of more than 2,000,000 a unit of local government 5 from enacting or enforcing local laws that establish a minimum 6 parking requirement for bicycles, including electric-assisted 7 bicycles. 8 (Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) 9 Section 99. 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