Even as they spent all year fighting, state lawmakers approved more than 220 measures that become Illinois law on Jan. 1. Here is a look at some of them:

• Statewide ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and other public workplaces.
• Official endorsement of embryonic stem cell research and creation of an institute to award grants.
• Extra hurdles for would-be teen drivers, including longer periods of training before getting a license and increasing to 19 the age at which drivers can talk on cell phones.
• License plates honoring veterans of the Korean war, veterans’ widows and Boy and Girl Scouts.
• New two-day youth-only deer hunting season in September and October.
• Expansion of the crime of unlawful contact with street-gang members to include people who have been ordered by a court or while on parole not to have such contact.
• Broader definition of adult entertainment facilities barred from being within 1,000 feet of places such as schools, day care centers, public parks or churches.
• New research center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville to promote ethanol research and production.
• Many state buildings required to install energy-saving light bulbs.
• New coordinating council to oversee conservation and water management of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers in southern Illinois.
• All Illinois residents may participate in a program that provides cash awards for suggestions on saving money on state government operations.
• Drivers required to leave a space of at least three feet when passing a bicyclist or pedestrian traveling in the same direction.
• Child safety restraint systems mandated in trucks and tractor-trailers equipped with seat belts.
• Pet dogs allowed with their owners at outdoor restaurants in Chicago.
• Drivers must yield for pedestrians in crosswalks near schools on school days between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. or face fines for violations.
• New state program to provide loans and grants for reducing lead paint hazards through home window replacements in some communities.