A bill now before the Illinois House would allow State Police to set up traffic enforcement cameras in construction zones.

HB4012 would, according to the General Assembly’s Web site, “establish an automated traffic control system for obtaining a photograph or other recorded image of any vehicle violating a traffic law in a construction or maintenance zone established by the Department of Transportation or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.”

The bill was introduced by Reps. Paul D. Froehlich, R-Schaumburg, John J. Millner, R-Carol Stream, and Jim Sacia, R-Freeport.

Illinois has had several incidents in recent years of construction, highway and tollway workers injured or killed in traffic-related incidents.

The bill passed the House Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee Feb. 25 by a vote of 18-0. It has moved to the full House, but a final vote in that chamber has not yet been scheduled.