103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1977
 
Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Omar Aquino
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
740 ILCS 90/10 new
740 ILCS 90/11 new

     Amends the Innkeeper Protection Act. Provides that a  proprietor or manager of a hotel may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel or refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodations to a guest or other person who violates specified provisions. Provides that if the guest has paid in advance, the innkeeper shall tender to the guest any unused portion of the advance payment at the time of removal. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not be used as a pretext to discriminate against a guest on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral origin. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Innkeeper Protection Act is amended by 
5adding Sections 10 and  11 as follows:
 
6    (740 ILCS 90/10 new)
7    Sec. 10. Refusal of admission. A proprietor or manager of 
8a hotel may refuse to admit or refuse service or 
9accommodations to a person who:
10        (1) while on the premises of the hotel, acts in an 
11    obviously intoxicated manner, destroys or threatens to 
12    destroy hotel property, or causes or threatens to cause a 
13    public disturbance;
14        (2) is seeking accommodations for the unlawful 
15    possession or use of controlled substances or the use of 
16    the premises for the consumption of alcoholic liquor by a 
17    person under the age of 21; or
18        (3) is under the age of 18 years and is not accompanied 
19    by an adult.
 
20    (740 ILCS 90/11 new)
21    Sec. 11. Right to eject. 
22    (a) A proprietor or manager of a hotel may remove or cause 
 
 
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1to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who:
2        (1) refuses or is unable to pay for accommodations or 
3    services;
4        (2) while on the premises of the hotel, acts in an 
5    obviously intoxicated manner, destroys or threatens to 
6    destroy hotel property, verbally or physically threatens 
7    employees or guests, or causes or threatens to cause a 
8    public disturbance;
9        (3) is using the premises for the unlawful possession 
10    or use of controlled substances by the person or using the 
11    premises for the consumption of alcoholic liquor by a 
12    person under the age of 21 years of age;
13        (4) brings property into the hotel that may be 
14    dangerous to other persons, including firearms or 
15    explosives;
16        (5) violates any federal, State, or local laws, 
17    ordinances, or rules relating to the hotel;
18        (6) violates a rule of the hotel that is clearly and 
19    conspicuously posted at or near the front desk or posted 
20    online where the guest can view it before making a 
21    reservation at the hotel; or
22        (7) uses verbally abusive language toward the hotel's 
23    employees or guests. For the purposes of this Section, 
24    "verbally abusive language" means any language that would 
25    reasonably be found to be offensive, threatening, or 
26    demeaning.
 
 
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1    (b) If the guest has paid in advance, the proprietor or 
2manager of a hotel shall tender to the guest any unused portion 
3of the advance payment at the time of removal.
4    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be used as a pretext to 
5discriminate against a guest on the basis of race, color, 
6religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or 
7expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral origin.
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
9becoming law.