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IL SB0120

Bill

Status

Failed

1/13/2021

Primary Sponsor

Neil Anderson

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Origin

Senate

101st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates the Public Duty Rule Codification Act to codify the public duty rule into Illinois law.

  • Establishes that local governmental entities and their employees owe no duty of care to individual members of the general public to provide governmental services.

  • References the Illinois Supreme Court's January 22, 2016 decision in Coleman v. East Joliet Fire Protection District, which abolished the public duty rule.

  • 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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