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HB 2658

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by J.B. Akers and 7 co-sponsors

Expands hearing options and refines driving-privilege rules: allows informal hearings, offers restricted permits, and credits ignition-interlock time toward compliance.

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Bill Summary · HB 2658

HB 2658 — Summary (Illinois Vehicle Code: driving privileges)

Status & sponsors
- Introduced: Feb 6, 2025 (Rep. Ann M. Williams)
- Chief Senate sponsor: Sen. Ram Villivalam
- Companion: SB 1042
- Current status (per bill record): Passed the House and transmitted to the Senate; referred to Senate Assignments (April 2025).

Purpose
- Amend the Illinois Vehicle Code to (1) expand hearing options and clarify procedures for Secretary of State driver-licensing actions, and (2) modify post-conviction driving-privilege rules — including limited restricted permits, crediting ignition‑interlock/monitoring device use, and narrow employment exceptions.

Key provisions (by topic)
- Hearings (amends 625 ILCS 5/2-118)
- Allows, if permitted by administrative rule and subject to availability, a person to request an informal hearing at a Secretary of State driver services facility (in addition to formal hearings).
- Retains existing timelines (Secretary enters an order within 90 days of hearing conclusion) and subpoena/record/transcript provisions for hearings.
- Authorizes a filing fee (up to $50) for petitions/motions/requests for hearing; revenue deposited to the Secretary of State DUI Administration Fund (subject to appropriation).

  • Restricted driving permits (amendments discussed across Sections 6-205, 6-206, 6-206.1, 6-208)

    • For certain convictions where alcohol/drug use is an element, the Secretary may issue a restricted driving permit allowing driving up to 6 days per week, 12 hours per day, within a 200‑mile radius of residence, for any legal purpose. (Text locates this option within penalties/reinstatement framework.)
    • Clarifies that certain convictions used to trigger revocation/suspension may include similar out‑of‑state offenses or offenses committed on military installations.

  • Credit for ignition‑interlock / monitoring device use (adds Section 6-203.2)

    • A person who was on a monitoring-device driving permit (issued under Section 6-206.1) and is later convicted for the same incident receives credit for time served on that permit toward any mandatory ignition‑interlock period — provided there were no ignition‑interlock violations while on the permit.

  • Employment exception

    • The Secretary may grant an exception to the prohibition on driving a vehicle not equipped with an ignition interlock if the person is operating an occupational vehicle owned or leased by the employer and used solely for employment purposes.

  • Other procedural and conforming changes

    • Adjustments to notice/hearing/recording rules for implied‑consent and other hearings; continued emphasis that decisions rest on the totality of evidence (failure of an arresting officer to appear does not automatically rescind a suspension).

Who is affected
- Individuals with DUI/related convictions or administrative suspensions who seek hearings, restricted permits, or credit for prior monitoring-device participation.
- Secretary of State (administration, rulemaking, staffing at driver services facilities).
- Courts and prosecutors (hearing notice/coordination), law enforcement (records/subpoenas), employers (if occupational exemptions used).
- Victims and public-safety stakeholders (hearing notice rights and public‑safety considerations under judicial discretion).

Implementation / timeline notes
- The bill authorizes administrative rulemaking by the Secretary of State to implement informal hearings, fees, and ignition‑interlock definitions and procedures.
- If enacted, agencies would need to update policies, forms, and IT systems (e.g., monitoring-device crediting, permit issuance, fee collection).

Potential impacts (practical considerations)
- Increases administrative flexibility and access to informal hearings (potentially faster local resolution).
- Creates pathways (restricted permits and crediting) that may shorten onerous driving restrictions for eligible drivers, while retaining tools (interlock requirements and judicial discretion) aimed at public safety.
- Requires operational capacity at driver services facilities and clear rule definitions (e.g., “ignition‑interlock violations,” criteria for restricted permits, geographic/temporal limits).

Note: The file provided also contained an unrelated Arizona draft on misdemeanor expungement; this summary focuses on the Illinois Vehicle Code amendments (HB 2658 as introduced/engrossed in Illinois).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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