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IL SB0120
Bill
Status
Failed
1/13/2021
Primary Sponsor
Neil Anderson
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AI Summary
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Creates the Public Duty Rule Codification Act to codify the public duty rule into Illinois law.
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Establishes that local governmental entities and their employees owe no duty of care to individual members of the general public to provide governmental services.
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References the Illinois Supreme Court's January 22, 2016 decision in Coleman v. East Joliet Fire Protection District, which abolished the public duty rule.
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Declares that the public duty rule is grounded in the principle that a local governmental entity's duty to preserve community well-being is owed to the public at large rather than to specific individuals.
Legislative Description
PUBLIC DUTY RULE CODIFICATION
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/13/2021
Committee Referrals
Assignments3/28/2019
Tort Reform3/5/2019
Judiciary1/30/2019
Assignments1/29/2019
Full Bill Text
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