Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 2
CLE
Live Programs: 4
Discussions
Posts: 8
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 189
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2024–25 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Collateral Consequences of Criminal Charges, Artificial Intelligence, and the Jaded Lawyer (11/01/2024)
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - Judicial Panel Discussion: The Latest on Criminal Appeals (11/14/2024)
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - The High Way: Cars and Cannabis in Illinois (02/19/2025)
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Latest Developments in DUI and Traffic Laws (04/25/2025)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2024–25 bar year.
Traffic Laws and Courts
- Community members: 409
- Total discussion posts: 8
Criminal - DUI - Traffic
- Community members: 2,266
- Total discussion posts: 725
Transactional
- Community members: 24,715
- Total discussion posts: 406
Litigation
- Community members: 24,710
- Total discussion posts: 1,251
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 189 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- House Bill 1226 amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires every applicant for the renewal of a driver's license who is 79 years or older to renew in person. Further requires every applicant for the renewal of a driver's license who is 87 years of age or who is 75 years of age or older and holds a commercial driver's license to take a driving test. Allows an immediate family member to submit, in writing, information to the Secretary of State relative to the medical condition of a person if the condition interferes with the person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely. Prohibits the Secretary from accepting or acting on anonymous reports.
- Senate Bill 201 creates the Construction Zone Safe Detour Act.
- Senate Bill 1922 provides that the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to: (1) any authorized emergency vehicle obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway, whether stationary or not, and displaying flashing lights as provided in the Act; (2) an emergency worker obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway at an emergency scene; and (3) any pedestrian upon a highway directly involved in the emergency scene. Authorizes the Secretary of State to suspend or revoke the driving privileges of any person without preliminary hearing upon a showing of the person's records or other sufficient evidence that the person has violated right-of-way laws for authorized emergency vehicles and emergency workers that are obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway at an emergency scene and pedestrians directly involved in the emergency scene that resulted in damage to the property of another or the death or injury of another.