HB2573 Summary

• Reduces the threshold for excessive speeding violations from 30-31 mph over the limit to 26 mph over the limit for Class B misdemeanor charges and from 40 mph to 35 mph over the limit for Class A misdemeanor charges.

• Establishes a 70 mph speed limit for interstate highways outside Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, while maintaining existing limits in those six counties.

• Allows the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to set speed limits up to 70 mph on toll highways outside the six specified counties, with Department concurrence.

• Permits bus traffic to travel 70 mph on interstate highways outside the six specified counties.

• Clarifies that new speed limit authority must conform to maximum restrictions established in Section 11-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.