Illinois Senate Bill 1985

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-05-30 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Stop Squatters Act. Creates a process for local law enforcement to remove a person who is unlawfully occupying residential or commercial property without any right to do so. Requires the property owner to file a complaint with local law enforcement alleging facts to trigger the Act. Provides that law enforcement is entitled to a reasonable fee to remove an unauthorized occupant and provides legal protection to law enforcement for acting on a complaint. Provides that if the complaint is found to be false, the property owner shall indemnity the law enforcement agency. Creates a civil action of action for a person who was wrongfully removed. Creates a civil cause of action for the property owner for damages by the wrongful occupant. Amends the Criminal Code of 20212. Creates a Class 4 felony for making a false statement to detain real property and fraudulent sale or lease of residential real property".

STOP SQUATTERS ACT

Sen. Chapin Rose [R]

Sen. Andrew Chesney [R]

Sen. Chris Balkema [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-30	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
2025-05-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
2025-02-06	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-02-06	Senate	First Reading
2025-02-06	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	5	21-3.5	New Code	See Bill Text
720	5	21-3.7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1985&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=201166&DocName=10400SB1985&DocNum=1985&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=161378&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=