Illinois will no longer suspend the licenses of drivers who fail to pay parking tickets and other fines beginning July 1 under a measure Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday.
The secretary of state’s office also will automatically reinstate the driving privileges of roughly 55,000 people who’ve had their licenses suspended over unpaid fines and fees unrelated to moving violations.
Both Ammons and Aquino credited an investigation from ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ on the disproportionate impact of license suspensions on drivers in low-income, predominantly black neighborhoods in the city and suburbs.