Illinois House Bill 335 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any not-for-profit organization in this State, or any volunteer, employee, or other person present on the property of the organization in the area of the temporary or emergency shelter during the time temporary or emergency shelter is provided, who in good faith provides temporary or emergency shelter without fee for no more than 60 days or nights per year to a person experiencing homelessness shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of acts or omissions, except for gross negligence, in providing the temporary or emergency shelter. Limits the applicability of the new provisions to temporary or emergency shelters operated in Kankakee County. Provides that the provisions do not apply to an organization whose primary purpose is to provide shelter to persons experiencing homelessness.

GOOD SAMARITAN-TEMP SHELTER

Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst [R]

Rep. Linda LaVia [D]

Rep. Margo McDermed [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
2019-02-08	House	To Tort Liability Subcommittee
2019-02-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2019-02-05	House	Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2019-02-05	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2019-02-05	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2019-01-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-14	House	First Reading
2019-01-11	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
745	49	77	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=335&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0335.htm