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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 Section 6-109 as follows:

6

(625 ILCS 5/6-109)
7

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-169
)
8

Sec. 6-109.
Examination of applicants.
9

(a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant
10
for a driver's license or permit who has not been previously
11
licensed as a driver under the laws of this State or any other
12
state or country, or any applicant for renewal of such
13
driver's license or permit when such license or permit has
14
been expired for more than one year. The Secretary of State
15
shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (c), examine
16
every licensed driver at least every 8 years, and may examine
17
or re-examine any other applicant or licensed driver, provided
18
that during the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a
19
license for 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7
20
years or more than every 10 years.
21

The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the
22
eyesight of any driver's license or permit applicant who has
23
not been previously licensed as a driver under the laws of this

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State and shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide
2
for the orderly administration of all the provisions of this
3
Section.
4

The Secretary of State shall include at least one test
5
question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with
6
Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the
7
written portion of the driver's license examination within one
8
year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act
9
96-1167).
10

The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
11
used for the written portion of the driver's license
12
examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the
13
presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch
14
Reach method as described in Section 2-112.
15

The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
16
used for the written portion of the driver's license
17
examination, at least one test question concerning driver
18
responsibilities when approaching a stationary emergency
19
vehicle as described in Section 11-907. If an applicant gives
20
an incorrect response to a test question concerning subsection
21
(c) of Section 11-907, Section 11-907.5, or subsection (a-1)
22
of Section 11-908, then the Secretary of State shall provide
23
the applicant with information concerning those Sections.
24

(b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph
25
(c), such examination shall include a test of the applicant's
26
eyesight, his or her ability to read and understand official

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traffic control devices, his or her knowledge of safe driving
2
practices and the traffic laws of this State, and may include
3
an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
4
ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor
5
vehicle, and such further physical and mental examination as
6
the Secretary of State finds necessary to determine the
7
applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely on the
8
highways, except the examination of an applicant 75 years of
9
age or older or, if the Secretary adopts rules under Section 37
10
of the Secretary of State Act to raise the age requirement for
11
actual demonstrations, the examination of an applicant who has
12
attained that increased age or is older shall include an
13
actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
14
ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor
15
vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations under
16
this Section, excepting where the English language appears on
17
facsimiles of road signs, may be given in the Spanish language
18
and, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, in any other
19
language as well as in English upon request of the examinee.
20
Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are not prohibited
21
from being issued a license, other than a commercial driver's
22
license, under this Code. The examination to test an
23
applicant's ability to read and understand official traffic
24
control devices and knowledge of safe driving practices and
25
the traffic laws of this State may be administered at a
26
Secretary of State facility, remotely via the Internet, or in

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a manner otherwise specified by the Secretary of State by
2
administrative rule.
3

(c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of
4
renewing their driver's license possess a driving record
5
devoid of any convictions of traffic violations or evidence of
6
committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would be
7
required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
8
of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary in
9
order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a
10
motor vehicle, except that every applicant for the renewal of
11
a driver's license who is 75 years of age or older or, if the
12
Secretary adopts rules under Section 37 of the Secretary of
13
State Act to raise the age requirement for actual
14
demonstrations, every applicant for the renewal of a driver's
15
license who has attained that increased age or is older must
16
prove, by an actual demonstration, the applicant's ability to
17
exercise reasonable care in the safe operation of a motor
18
vehicle.
19

(d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the
20
provisions of Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the
21
Secretary of State shall make provision for giving an
22
examination, either in the county where the applicant resides
23
or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the
24
applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
25
application is received.
26

(e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the

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use of foreign language interpreters during the application
2
and examination process.
3
(Source: P.A. 103-140, eff. 6-30-23; 103-680, eff. 1-1-25;
4
104-260, eff. 8-15-25.)

5

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-169
)
6

Sec. 6-109.
Examination of applicants.
7

(a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant
8
for a driver's license or permit who has not been previously
9
licensed as a driver under the laws of this State or any other
10
state or country, or any applicant for renewal of such
11
driver's license or permit when such license or permit has
12
been expired for more than one year. The Secretary of State
13
shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (c), examine
14
every licensed driver at least every 8 years, and may examine
15
or re-examine any other applicant or licensed driver, provided
16
that during the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a
17
license for 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7
18
years or more than every 10 years.
19

The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the
20
eyesight of any driver's license or permit applicant who has
21
not been previously licensed as a driver under the laws of this
22
State and shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide
23
for the orderly administration of all the provisions of this
24
Section.
25

The Secretary of State shall include at least one test

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question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with
2
Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the
3
written portion of the driver's license examination within one
4
year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act
5
96-1167).
6

The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
7
used for the written portion of the driver's license
8
examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the
9
presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch
10
Reach method as described in Section 2-112.
11

The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
12
used for the written portion of the driver's license
13
examination, at least one test question concerning driver
14
responsibilities when approaching a stationary emergency
15
vehicle as described in Section 11-907. If an applicant gives
16
an incorrect response to a test question concerning subsection
17
(c) of Section 11-907, Section 11-907.5, or subsection (a-1)
18
of Section 11-908, then the Secretary of State shall provide
19
the applicant with information concerning those Sections.
20

(b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph
21
(c), such examination shall include a test of the applicant's
22
eyesight, his or her ability to read and understand official
23
traffic control devices, his or her knowledge of safe driving
24
practices and the traffic laws of this State, and may include
25
an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
26
ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor

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vehicle, and such further physical and mental examination as
2
the Secretary of State finds necessary to determine the
3
applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely on the
4
highways, except the examination of an applicant 75 years of
5
age or older or, if the Secretary adopts rules under Section 37
6
of the Secretary of State Act to raise the age requirement for
7
actual demonstrations, the examination of an applicant who has
8
attained that increased age or is older shall include an
9
actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
10
ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor
11
vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations under
12
this Section, excepting where the English language appears on
13
facsimiles of road signs, may be given in the Spanish language
14
and, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, in any other
15
language as well as in English upon request of the examinee.
16
Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are not prohibited
17
from being issued a license, other than a commercial driver's
18
license, under this Code. The examination to test an
19
applicant's ability to read and understand official traffic
20
control devices and knowledge of safe driving practices and
21
the traffic laws of this State may be administered at a
22
Secretary of State facility, remotely via the Internet, or in
23
a manner otherwise specified by the Secretary of State by
24
administrative rule.
25

(c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of
26
renewing their driver's license possess a driving record

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devoid of any convictions of traffic violations or evidence of
2
committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would be
3
required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
4
of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary in
5
order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a
6
motor vehicle, except that every applicant for the renewal of
7
a driver's license who is 79 years of age or older must renew
8
in person, and every applicant for the renewal of a driver's
9
license who is 87 years of age or older or who is 75 years of
10
age or older and holds a commercial driver's license must
11
prove, by an actual demonstration, the applicant's ability to
12
exercise reasonable care in the safe operation of a motor
13
vehicle.
14

(d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the
15
provisions of Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the
16
Secretary of State shall make provision for giving an
17
examination, either in the county where the applicant resides
18
or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the
19
applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
20
application is received.
21

(e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the
22
use of foreign language interpreters during the application
23
and examination process
and administration of the
24
demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary
25
and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle by
26
driver training schools licensed by the Secretary
.

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(Source: P.A. 103-140, eff. 6-30-23; 103-680, eff. 1-1-25;
2
104-169, eff. 7-1-26; 104-260, eff. 8-15-25; revised 9-12-25.)

3

Section 10.
The Cycle Rider Safety Training Act is amended
4
by changing Section 2.03a and 4 and by adding Section 2.03b as
5
follows:

6

(625 ILCS 35/2.03a)
7

Sec. 2.03a.
Cycle
rider safety training course provider

8
Rider Safety Training Course Provider
.
"Cycle
rider safety
9
training course provider"

Rider Safety Training Course
10
Provider" and "provider"
means a community college, State
11
university, State or local government agency, or for-profit or
12
nonprofit business entity in good standing and operating in
13
the State that is capable of providing courses meeting the
14
definition in this Act in accordance with the rules set forth
15
by the Department and the regulations of this Act. "Cycle
16
rider safety training course provider"

Rider Safety Training
17
Course Provider" and "provider"
does not include any business
18
registered as a motorcycle dealer with the Secretary of State
19
or any other business that derives income from the selling of
20
motorcycles or has motorcycles for sale at its place of
21
business on a consignment basis.
22
(Source: P.A. 104-408, eff. 1-1-26
.)

23

(625 ILCS 35/2.03b new)

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Sec. 2.03b.
Dealer provider.
"Dealer provider" means any
2
business registered as a motorcycle dealer holding a vehicle
3
dealer license with the Secretary of State and who has applied
4
and obtained a permit from the Department to operate as a
5
dealer provider.

6

(625 ILCS 35/4)

(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 804)
7

Sec. 4.
Cycle
rider safety training courses

Rider Safety
8
Training Courses
.
9

(a) The Department shall, on an as needed basis, put out
10
notices to the public seeking
cycle rider safety training
11
course providers

Cycle Rider Safety Training Course Providers

12
to provide
cycle rider safety training
courses in this State.
13
Such courses shall be open to all residents of the State who
14
hold a currently valid driver's license and who have reached
15
their 16th birthday before the first day of the course to be
16
held. Such courses may be offered throughout the calendar
17
year.
18

Cycle rider safety training course providers

Providers
may
19
charge a nominal registration fee set by the Department, which
20
shall be refunded upon completion of the course.
21

Responses from potential
cycle rider safety training
22
course
providers shall include, at a minimum, the location
23
where classes are to be held
at
, the number of students they
24
intend to train, whether they would be providing motorcycles
25
or using motorcycles provided by the program, and the cost for

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courses provided on a per student basis.
2

Contracts shall be awarded by the Department to
cycle
3
rider safety training course
providers based on training needs
4
and cost effectiveness of each bid or proposal as well as the
5
provider's organizational capacity to satisfactorily discharge
6
cycle rider safety training courses

Cycle Rider Safety
7
Training Courses
.
8

(b) A
cycle rider safety training course
provider shall
9
only be paid grant funds under one of the following
10
conditions:
11

(1) a course was held, in which case the
cycle rider
12

safety training course
provider shall be paid per student
13

rate multiplied by the number of students present on the
14

first day of the course;
15

(2) expenses submitted related to the maintenance of
16

program equipment; or
17

(3) submitting other non-personnel expenses as deemed
18

appropriate by the Department.
19

(c) A
cycle rider safety training course
provider awarded
20
a contract with grant funding under this Act shall:
21

(1) submit proof to the Department that each
22

instructor employed by the
cycle rider safety training
23

course
provider meets the qualifications to teach the
24

curriculum for the courses;
25

(2) have at least one employee on staff certified to
26

do quality assurance or quality control visits where

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instructors are evaluated per curriculum standards on
2

teaching;
3

(3) perform at least one quality assurance or quality
4

control visit on each instructor employed during the year
5

and submit the results of those visits to the Department;
6

(4) maintain appropriate liability insurance to cover
7

training activities;
8

(5) submit requests for payment in a timely manner;
9

and
10

(6) adhere to additional program rules and regulations
11

as determined by the Department.
12

(d) A
cycle rider safety training course
provider awarded
13
a contract with grant funding under this Act
and a dealer
14
provider operating under subsection (e)
shall not adopt any
15
policy, requirement, or expectation regarding
an
employee's
16
manner of dress outside of the employee's scheduled work
17
hours, nor
may the provider
pose any questions regarding such
18
on job applications or during interviews with potential
19
employees.
20

(e) A dealer provider may provide courses under this Act
21
to the public for a fee which shall not be refunded. Such
22
courses shall be open to all residents of the State who hold a
23
currently valid driver's license and who have reached their
24
16th birthday before the first day of the course to be held.
25
Such courses may be offered throughout the calendar year.
26

A dealer provider is ineligible for funds from the Cycle

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Rider Safety Training Fund as described in subsection (b). A
2
dealer provider is not eligible for program funds or equipment
3
supplied by the Department.
4

A dealer provider offering courses under this subsection:
5

(1) shall submit proof to the Department that each
6

instructor employed by the dealer provider meets the
7

qualifications to teach the curriculum for the courses;
8

(2) shall have at least one employee on staff
9

certified to do quality assurance or quality control
10

visits where instructors are evaluated per curriculum
11

standards on teaching;
12

(3) shall perform at least one quality assurance or
13

quality control visit on each instructor employed during
14

the year and submit the results of those visits to the
15

Department;
16

(4) shall maintain appropriate liability insurance to
17

cover training activities;
18

(5) shall run its program according to a curriculum
19

approved by the Department;
20

(6) shall adhere to additional program rules and
21

regulations as determined by the Department.
22

(7) shall not engage in sales solicitation of its
23

retail products to students during the registration
24

process or on the same day that the student is attending a
25

cycle rider safety training course; and
26

(8) shall place a cycle rider safety training provider

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promotional sign in any dealership alongside material
2

advertising its dealer provider classes.
3

If the Department finds that a dealer provider is not
4
meeting the requirements of this Section in a satisfactory
5
way, the Department is authorized to suspend or terminate the
6
ability of the dealer provider to issue student completion
7
cards.

8
(Source: P.A. 104-408, eff. 1-1-26
.)

9

Section 95.
No acceleration or delay.
Where this Act makes
10
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
11
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
12
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
13
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
14
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
15
Public Act.

16

Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect January
17
1, 2027.

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