SPRINGFIELD - Click it or ticket may also involve passengers riding in the backseat of cars, under legislation pending in the Illinois Senate.

Lawmakers are considering a proposal to force everyone inside a vehicle to buckle up no matter how old the driver is. A Senate committee endorsed the measure 7-2 Monday.

Under current law, if the driver is age 18 or younger and the passengers are 19 or younger then everyone in the vehicle has to wear a seat belt.

The legislation would eliminate that clause and make all people, except toddlers and infants, wear seat belts in the back seat. Toddlers and infants are already supposed to be secured in child-safety seats.

The driver of the vehicle would still be stuck paying a maximum fine of $25 for the offense. If approved by the Senate, the legislation would head back to the House.

State Sen. Gary Forby was one of two lawmakers to vote against the measure in the Senate Transportation Committee because he said he didn't see the need for it

"I don't hear of many complaints about people in the backseat not wearing a seatbelt," the Benton Democrat said.

The legislation is House Bill 4048.