Senate Bill 2565 and Senate Bill 2564, filed by State Sen. Jim Oberweis (Republican-25th District), seeks to increase speed limits across rural Illinois.
The bills have been assigned to the Senate Subcommittee on Special Issues, which currently has no members.
Should the bills pass, Senate Bill 2564 would change the maximum speed limit outside of an urban district to 60 miles per hour, instead of 55 miles per hour, on specified highways, roads and streets. Senate Bill 2565 would change the maximum speed limit to 75 miles per hour (from 70 miles per hour) on any interstate highway outside of an urban area.
Oberweis filed similar legislation in 2017. The measure did not make it out of the Senate.
