# Illinois HB2857: HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY ACT Illinois HB2857, HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY ACT, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2025-06-02 (Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2857-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB2857 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY ACT - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-06-02, Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: transportation: vehicles & safety, assignments, executive - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (139 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Creates the Highway Work Zone Safety Act. Requires the Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Illinois State Police, to establish the Highway Work Zone Speed Control Program for the purposes of enforcing the speed limits established for construction or maintenance speed zones. Requires the Illinois State Police, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, to set up and operate automated traffic control systems in highway construction and maintenance speed zones to detect violations of posted work zone speed limits. Allows the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Police to employ automated traffic control system operators to operate automated traffic control systems in construction or maintenance speed zones. Provides, with exceptions, that information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program are not discoverable by court order as evidence in a proceeding. Requires information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program to be destroyed not later than 2 years after the date the information and photographs or recorded images are collected. Provides that information and photographs or recorded images collected under the Program are the exclusive property of the State and not the property of the manufacturer or vendor of the automated traffic control system. Prohibits the use of a photograph or recorded image obtained through the use of an automated traffic control system for the purpose of enforcing a traffic offense. Provides that a person who owns a motor vehicle that is identified by an automated traffic control system as operating in a construction or maintenance speed zone at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit commits a civil law violation that is punishable by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $200. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Transportation to implement and administer the Act. Makes other changes. Makes corresponding changes in the Freedom of Information Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act. Effective January 1, 2027, except provisions regarding procurement and rulemaking are effective immediately. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Anthony DeLuca (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Harry Benton (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Laura M. Murphy (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sharon Chung (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Wayne A. Rosenthal (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-09 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2025-04-09 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 115 | 0 | | | 2025-03-12 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (37) - 2025-06-02: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-05-23: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As June 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-09: Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 23, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Assigned to Executive (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-10: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-09: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled (House) - 2025-04-09: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-09: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-09: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-09: Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-09: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung (House) - 2025-04-09: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca (House) - 2025-04-09: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-07: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety (House) - 2025-03-27: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-27: House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (House) - 2025-03-25: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety (House) - 2025-03-24: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-24: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (House) - 2025-03-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-19: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-14: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton (House) - 2025-03-13: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A. Rosenthal (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-12: Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; 012-000-000 (House) - 2025-03-12: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; by Voice Vote (House) - 2025-03-11: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety (House) - 2025-03-07: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-07: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (House) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to Transportation: Vehicles & Safety (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: First Reading (House) - 2025-02-05: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857ham002.pdf) - House Amendment 3: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857ham003.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857ham002.pdf) - [House Amendment 3 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857ham003.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2857.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2857-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).