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1 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 12-215 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/12-215)
7 Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on
8 motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
9 (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating, or
10 flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
11 except on:
12 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, federal, or
13 local authorities;
14 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
15 coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities,
16 in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such
17 designation or authorization must be carried in the
18 vehicle;
19 2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire
20 chief, assistant fire chief, or a chief of a Mutual Aid Box
21 Alarm System who has completed an emergency vehicle
22 operation training course approved by the Office of the
23 State Fire Marshal and designated or authorized by local
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1 authorities, fire departments, fire protection districts,
2 or Mutual Aid Box Alarm Systems, in writing, as a fire
3 department, fire protection district, township fire
4 department, or Mutual Aid Aide Box Alarm System vehicle;
5 however, the designation or authorization must be carried
6 in the vehicle, and the lights may be visible or activated
7 only when responding to a bona fide emergency;
8 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
9 federal firefighting vehicles;
10 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
11 ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights
12 shall not be lighted except when responding to an
13 emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick
14 or injured;
15 4.5. Vehicles operated by an EMS chief that are
16 affixed with EMS chief special registration plates or
17 vehicles that which are occasionally used as rescue
18 vehicles that have been authorized for use as rescue
19 vehicles by a volunteer EMS provider, provided that the
20 operator of the vehicle has successfully completed an
21 emergency vehicle operation training course recognized by
22 the Department of Public Health; furthermore, the lights
23 shall not be lighted except when responding to an
24 emergency call for the sick or injured;
25 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such
26 lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on
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1 any such tow truck while the tow truck is operating in the
2 State of Illinois;
3 6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
4 Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
5 Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public
6 Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of
7 Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of
8 Juvenile Justice;
9 7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
10 management services agency as defined in the Illinois
11 Emergency Management Agency Act;
12 8. School buses operating alternately flashing head
13 lamps as permitted under Section 12-805 of this Code;
14 9. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
15 organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with
16 blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
17 furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the
18 transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
19 transplant team or a representative of the organ
20 procurement organization;
21 10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
22 Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
23 emergency response;
24 11. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of
25 Transportation identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol; the
26 lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
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1 emergency call or when parked or stationary while engaged
2 in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the
3 emergency; and
4 12. Vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway
5 Authority with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000
6 pounds or more and those identified as Highway Emergency
7 Lane Patrol; the lights shall not be lighted except when
8 responding to an emergency call or when parked or
9 stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at
10 the scene of the emergency.
11 (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing
12 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
13 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
14 towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
15 shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
16 1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
17 actually being used at the scene of a crash or
18 disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat
19 bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being
20 transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the
21 vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
22 vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
23 wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be
24 lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a
25 highway during all times when the use of headlights is
26 required under Section 12-201 of this Code; in addition,
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1 these vehicles may use white oscillating, rotating, or
2 flashing lights in combination with amber oscillating,
3 rotating, or flashing lights as provided in this
4 paragraph;
5 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
6 Illinois, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, local
7 authorities, and contractors; furthermore, such lights
8 shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are
9 engaged in maintenance or construction operations within
10 the limits of construction projects;
11 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey
12 crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
13 except while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on
14 a highway;
15 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
16 other construction, maintenance, or automotive service
17 vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
18 a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic
19 hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking,
20 or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance,
21 service, or construction on a highway;
22 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
23 shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
24 the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
25 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and
26 operated by the State of Illinois or any political
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1 subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for
2 removal of snow and ice from highways;
3 6.1. The front and rear of motorized equipment or
4 vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or
5 any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed
6 and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and
7 parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that
8 is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except
9 when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being
10 used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government;
11 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state,
12 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as
13 provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
14 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local
15 authorities;
16 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
17 authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
18 rotating, or flashing lights;
19 9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
20 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
21 for the United States Postal Service provided that such
22 lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
23 actually being used for such purposes;
24 10.5. Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State
25 Fire Marshal, provided that such lights shall not be
26 lighted except for when such vehicles are engaged in work
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1 for the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal;
2 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
3 emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
4 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
5 roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage,
6 recycling, or refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be
7 lighted except when such vehicles are actually being used
8 for such purposes;
9 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
10 responder, control agency, or the Illinois Department of
11 Corrections;
12 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
13 Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
14 when being used for security related purposes under the
15 direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
16 vehicle is located; and
17 15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the
18 lights shall be lighted only while the vehicle is within
19 the limits of a construction project.
20 (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing
21 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
22 1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire
23 department or fire protection district and vehicles owned
24 or operated by an EMS chief as provided in subsection (a);
25 a voluntary firefighter; a paid firefighter; a part-paid
26 firefighter; a call firefighter; a member of the board of
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1 trustees of a fire protection district; a paid or unpaid
2 member of a rescue squad; a paid or unpaid member of a
3 voluntary ambulance unit; or a paid or unpaid member
4 members of a local or county emergency management services
5 agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management
6 Agency Act, designated or authorized by local authorities,
7 in writing, and carrying that designation or authorization
8 in the vehicle.
9 However, such lights are not to be lighted except when
10 responding to a bona fide emergency or when parked or
11 stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance
12 call, or motor vehicle crash.
13 Any person using these lights in accordance with this
14 subdivision (c)1 must carry on his or her person an
15 identification card or letter identifying the bona fide
16 member of a fire department, fire protection district,
17 rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management
18 services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The
19 card or letter must include:
20 (A) the name of the fire department, fire
21 protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or
22 emergency management services agency;
23 (B) the member's position within the fire
24 department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
25 ambulance unit, or emergency management services
26 agency;
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1 (C) the member's term of service; and
2 (D) the name of a person within the fire
3 department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
4 ambulance unit, or emergency management services
5 agency to contact to verify the information provided.
6 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
7 population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
8 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
9 authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
10 rotating, or flashing lights.
11 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
12 federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
13 with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
14 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
15 ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
16 with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
17 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
18 responding to an emergency call.
19 6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
20 organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red
21 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore,
22 these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
23 is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant
24 team or a representative of the organ procurement
25 organization.
26 7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
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1 Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
2 Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public
3 Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of
4 Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of
5 Juvenile Justice, when used in combination with red
6 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
7 8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
8 management services agency as defined in the Illinois
9 Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination
10 with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
11 9. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
12 Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
13 emergency response, when used in combination with red
14 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
15 (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
16 flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
17 notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a
18 voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad,
19 or a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with
20 flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be
21 used only in responding to an emergency call or when parked or
22 stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance
23 call, or motor vehicle crash.
24 (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
25 flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
26 notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid
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1 or unpaid member of a local or county emergency management
2 services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency
3 Management Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating,
4 rotating, or flashing lights to be used in combination with
5 blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if
6 authorization by local authorities is in writing and carried
7 in the vehicle.
8 (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
9 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, whether lighted or
10 unlighted, is prohibited except on second division vehicles
11 designed and used for towing or hoisting vehicles or motor
12 vehicles or equipment of the State of Illinois, local
13 authorities, contractors, and union representatives;
14 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on second
15 division vehicles designed and used for towing or hoisting
16 vehicles or vehicles of the State of Illinois, local
17 authorities, and contractors except while such vehicles are
18 engaged in a tow operation, highway maintenance, or
19 construction operations within the limits of highway
20 construction projects, and shall not be lighted on the
21 vehicles of union representatives except when those vehicles
22 are within the limits of a construction project.
23 (d-5) The use of green oscillating, flashing, or rotating
24 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
25 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
26 towing or hoisting vehicles when the lights on those
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1 vehicles are used in combination with amber or amber and
2 white oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights;
3 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
4 such vehicles are actually being used at the scene of a
5 crash or disablement.
6 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
7 Illinois when the lights on those vehicles or equipment
8 are used in combination with amber or amber and white
9 oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights; furthermore,
10 such lights shall not be lighted except while such
11 vehicles or equipment are engaged in maintenance
12 operations, snow and ice removal operations, or performing
13 traffic control and protection duties while at an
14 emergency scene.
15 3. Motor vehicles of the Department of Transportation
16 identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol when the lights on
17 those vehicles are used in combination with red and white
18 oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights when responding
19 to an emergency call or when parked or stationary while
20 engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at an emergency
21 scene.
22 4. Motor vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway
23 Authority when the lights on those vehicles are used in
24 combination with amber oscillating, flashing, or rotating
25 lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
26 except while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance
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1 operations, snow and ice removal operations, or performing
2 traffic control and protection duties while at an
3 emergency scene.
4 5. Motor vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway
5 Authority with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000
6 pounds or more and those identified as Highway Emergency
7 Lane Patrol when the lights on those vehicles are used in
8 combination with red and white oscillating, flashing, or
9 rotating lights when responding to an emergency call or
10 when parked or stationary while engaged in motor vehicle
11 assistance or at the scene of the emergency.
12 6. Motor vehicles or equipment of local authority or
13 municipalities which perform highway maintenance
14 operations, when the lights on those vehicles are used in
15 combination with amber or amber and white oscillating,
16 flashing, or rotating lights; furthermore, such lights
17 shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are
18 engaged in the maintenance operations, snow and ice
19 removal operations, or performing traffic control and
20 protection duties while at an emergency scene.
21 7. Fire department vehicles of local fire departments
22 and State or federal firefighting vehicles when the lights
23 on those vehicles are used in combination with red, or red
24 and white, or red and blue, oscillating, rotating, or
25 flashing lights.
26 8. Vehicles used by a security company when the lights
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1 on those vehicles are used in combination with amber
2 oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights; furthermore,
3 such lights shall not be lighted except when the vehicle
4 is being operated upon the property or location where the
5 security company is employed to perform security or crime
6 prevention duties.
7 9. Ambulances or rescue vehicles operating in counties
8 with populations of less than 2,000,000.
9 10. Motor vehicles or equipment used by contractors,
10 engineering or survey crews, or union representatives
11 engaged in work on a highway; furthermore, such lights
12 shall not be lighted except while the vehicles are
13 actually engaged in work on a highway.
14 (d-10) Fire department vehicles of local fire departments
15 and State or federal firefighting vehicles, police vehicles of
16 State, federal, or local authorities, and vehicles designated
17 by local or State authority, while parked at an emergency
18 scene, may use a steady-on illumination or steady-burn, or
19 flashing green beacon or beacons if such steady-on,
20 steady-burn, or flashing beacon is used to indicate an
21 emergency operations command post or incident command
22 location.
23 (e) All oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights referred
24 to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when
25 illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
26 (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer
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1 of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or his
2 representative or authorized vendor from temporarily mounting
3 such lights on a vehicle for demonstration purposes only. If
4 the lights are not covered while the vehicle is operated upon a
5 highway, the vehicle shall display signage indicating that the
6 vehicle is out of service or not an emergency vehicle. The
7 signage shall be displayed on all sides of the vehicle in
8 letters at least 2 inches tall and one-half inch wide. A
9 vehicle authorized to have oscillating, rotating, or flashing
10 lights mounted for demonstration purposes may not activate the
11 lights while the vehicle is operated upon a highway.
12 (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a),
13 (b), (c), (d), (d-5), or (d-10) of this Section who without
14 lawful authority stops or detains or attempts to stop or
15 detain another person shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
16 (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person
17 violating the provisions of subsection (a) or (c) of this
18 Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
19 (Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-667, eff. 1-1-25;
20 104-81, eff. 1-1-26; 104-213, eff. 1-1-26; revised 11-21-25.)
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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