Last updated Aug 7, 2026 · IL · Source: LegiScan ↗
Summary
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This bill makes a narrow technical amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code, updating the definition of 'implement of husbandry' to explicitly include farm wagons and wagon trailers used in agricultural operations, while maintaining existing weight limits.
Key Provisions
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Amends Section 1-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code
Expands the definition of 'implement of husbandry' to include farm wagons and wagon trailers
Clarifies that such vehicles must be designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising operations
Retains the existing weight thresholds excluding heavier farm wagons (over 44,000 pounds on two or more axles or 24,000 pounds on a single axle with gross weight over 36,000 pounds)
Maintains the exemption framework for these vehicles under the Vehicle Code
Full Bill Text
SB3208 Enrolled LRB104 19872 LNS 33322 b 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 1-130 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/1-130) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-130) 7 Sec. 1-130. Implement of husbandry. Every vehicle designed 8 and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or 9 livestock raising operations, including farm wagons, wagon 10 trailers , or like vehicles used in connection therewith, or 11 for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry provided 12 that no farm wagon, wagon trailer , or like vehicle exceeding 13 44,000 pounds on any 2 or more axles or 24,000 pounds on any 14 single axle having a gross weight of more than 36,000 pounds, 15 shall be included hereunder. 16 (Source: P.A. 81-327.)
Whether the bill cleared the whole legislature. In most states that means both chambers passing identical text; Nebraska and the DC Council have one chamber, so there it means a single body.
•Passed both chambers on May 31, 2026.
•A recorded "passed" stage on Aug 7, 2026.
•Chaptered into law on Aug 7, 2026.
Executive action
The governor or the President signs the bill, vetoes it, or lets it become law without a signature. A legislature can also override a veto and enact the bill anyway.
•The recorded action reads "Governor Approved".
•Dated Aug 7, 2026.
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