Illinois House Bill 5508 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Amends the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act. Provides that if a unit of local government determines that a person experiencing homelessness is living in a public space and requires that person to vacate the public space, the unit of local government shall: (i) provide a 48-hour notice to vacate to that person; (ii) offer to call a paramedic for medical treatment; (iii) offer to provide transportation to the nearest homeless shelter; and (iv) allow the person to collect all personal property and offer bags to transport the personal property.

HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]	Rep. Juliana Stratton [D]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]	Rep. Litesa Wallace [D]
Rep. Camille Lilly [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-04-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-26	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
2018-04-26	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-26	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2018-04-25	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2018-04-24	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-24	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
2018-04-24	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
2018-04-23	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-23	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-16	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
2018-04-11	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2018-04-11	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
2018-04-11	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. Tom Demmer
2018-04-11	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. Tom Demmer
2018-04-11	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-10	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Economic Justice & Equity Committee; 006-003-000
2018-04-10	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Economic Justice & Equity Committee; by Voice Vote
2018-04-09	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Economic Justice & Equity Committee
2018-04-02	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-02	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2018-03-21	House	Assigned to Economic Justice & Equity Committee
2018-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-16	House	First Reading
2018-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	45	10	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5508&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5508.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5508eng.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5508ham001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5508ham002.htm