Illinois Senate Bill 2729

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on October 28 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-10-28 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Illinois Bivens Act. Authorizes any resident of the State, other than an officer or employee of a State or local governmental entity in the State, to bring a civil action against any person who, while participating in civil immigration enforcement, knowingly engages in conduct that violates the Illinois Constitution or the United States Constitution. Establishes remedies for violations of the Act. Creates criteria that are to be used in determining the amount of punitive damages that will be awarded under the Act. Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that an employer may not take retaliatory action against an employee for disclosing or threatening to disclose in good faith a violation of the Illinois Bivens Act. Makes conforming changes to the definition of "retaliatory action". Makes the provisions of the Act severable. Effective immediately.

ILLINOIS BIVENS ACT

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-10-28	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-10-28	Senate	First Reading
2025-10-28	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
740	174	15	Amended Code	Citation Text
740	174	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2729&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=164505&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=205808&DocName=10400SB2729&DocNum=2729&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=164505&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=