Subject Index Driver's License

The Office of the Secretary of State adopted amendments allowing individuals without a Social Security number eligible for a visa status or nonvisa status a temporary visitor’s driver’s license to apply for a standard driver’s license or identification card.

Public defenders can now access images the Secretary of State captured in the process of issuing their clients’ driver’s licenses.

The Office of the Illinois Secretary of State adopted amendments to the Illinois Vehicle Code. Every individual aged 79 or older applying to renew their driver’s license must prove, by actual demonstration, their ability to exercise reasonable care in the safe operation of motor vehicles.

On Aug. 21, 2023, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that barring a necessity defense does not necessarily deny the defendant a fair trial in a criminal case.

The Office of the Secretary of State adopted an amendment to the Part titled Cancellation, Revocation or Suspension of Licenses or Permits. The amendment authorizes the Office of the Executive Inspector General, in addition to the previously authorized Office of the Inspector General, to determine whether a person has cooperated in an official investigation regarding the sale, manufacture, issuance, or receipt of a fraudulent or fictitious driver’s license, permit, or identification card.

The secretary of state amended the Illinois Safety Responsibility Law. Existing law requires an uninsured driver, after a car accident, to post security to satisfy any potential judgments for money damages when the accident results in bodily injury, death of a person, or more than $1,500 in property damage.

The Secretary of State ("SOS") adopted amendments to the Issuance of Licenses eliminating issuance of permanent driver's licenses and state identification cards at SOS driver facilities.

The Secretary added "illegal possession of medical cannabis in a motor vehicle" to the list of offenses for which a license may be suspended or revoked in the section titled "Cancellation, Revocation or Suspension of Licenses or Permits."

On September 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that section 11-501.6 of the Illinois Vehicle Code ("IVC") was unconstitutional as applied.

The new rulemaking alters the section "Cancelation, Revocation, or Suspension of Licenses or Permits" to implement provisions of several Public Acts. 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040 (eff. June 23, 2015).

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The Secretary of State has adopted new rules that allow it to place a restriction on the driver's license of a person required to operate vehicles equipped with a Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Device ("BAIID")

Effective July 1, 2014, adults eighteen to twenty years old who have never previously obtained a driver's license and who have not completed an approved driver's education course must now take a six hour driver's education course. 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1030.

In applying for a commercial driver's license ("CDL"), military personnel must obtain school bus and passenger endorsements, but they may not be required to complete the pre-trip inspection, vehicle and road driving skills test, and road test. 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1030 (eff. March 28, 2014).

The Secretary of State adopted several amendments affecting Commercial Driver Training Schools and applicants for Commercial Driver Licenses (CDL). 91 Ill. Adm. Code 1060 (eff. Nov. 5, 2013).

A second or subsequent violation of driving with a suspended or revoked license or permit will now be considered a Class 4 felony if it proximately causes a motor vehicle accident which leads to death or personal injury to another.

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow the Secretary of State to issue temporary driver's licenses to persons without documentation authorizing their presence in the United States. 625 ILCS 5/6-105.1.

On November 1, 2012, the fifth district appellate court held that the rescission of a statutory summary suspension voided a citation for driving on a suspended license that occurred after the suspension commenced but before the petition to rescind was granted.

The Illinois Vehicle Code has been amended to remove the social security number exemption for all driver's license applicants. (625 ILCS 5/6-106, 6-110, and 6-510).

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Illinois Identification Card Act to authorize the Secretary of State to issue Illinois Identification Cards or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards without photographs under certain circumstances. (15 ILCS 335/4, 335/5).

Illinois lawmakers have amended the Illinois Vehicle Code to authorize the Secretary of State to reinstate the driver's license of a person whose license was suspended for failure to pay traffic-related fines or penalties if the person enters into a payment plan with a municipality.

The Secretary of State (Secretary) recently adopted a new section as part of the Issuance of Licenses regulations in the Illinois Administrative Code. The new section governs the issuance of renewal licenses to Illinois residents eligible for safe driver renewal.

On September 23, 2010, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that the Circuit Court of Champaign County's finding of probable cause at the hearing on plaintiff's petition to rescind his statutory summary suspension, pursuant to 625 ILCS 5/2-118.1, did not bar the issue of probable cause from re-litigation in a civil suit for malicious prosecution.

The Office of the Secretary of State adopted a new section to rules governing the issuance of drivers’ licenses and permits in the state of Illinois.

The Secretary of State made several amendments to Title 92, Transportation: Commercial Driver Training Schools. 92 Ill Adm Code 1060.