Bill Status of SB 3951   103rd General Assembly


Short Description:  REAL ESTATE ILLEGAL POSSESSION

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Dave Syverson

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  5/14/2024SenateReferred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 5/17-1from Ch. 38, par. 17-1
720 ILCS 5/19-4from Ch. 38, par. 19-4

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a deceptive practice for a person to knowingly represent that he or she is the owner or agent of residential property for the purpose of entering into a lease agreement with another or to collect a security deposit, move-in fee, or rent from another. Specifies that a violation of that requirement is a Class 4 felony. Authorizes the award of actual damages and punitive damages in an amount no less than 2 times the actual damages. Provides that it is a criminal trespass to a residence for a person, without authority, to knowingly enter or remain within a residence that the person knows is the primary residence of another. Makes a violation of that requirement a Class 4 felony. Provides that nothing in the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure may be construed to prohibit law enforcement officials from (i) enforcing criminal trespass to real property or any other provision of the Criminal Code of 2012; or (ii) removing persons or property from the premises when there is a criminal trespass. Defines illegal possession of property in the Criminal Code of 2012.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  5/14/2024SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson
  5/14/2024SenateFirst Reading
  5/14/2024SenateReferred to Assignments

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