Bill Text: IL HB2916 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Snow and Ice Removal Act. Includes within the protection of the Act a person in charge of any business who attempts to remove snow or ice from sidewalks and parking areas abutting the business. Prohibits liability unless the removal of the snow and ice was done in a willful or wanton manner. Provides that attorney's fees may be awarded to a defendant who is protected under the Act from liability if the court determines the that action against the defendant is frivolous.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2916 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2916-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2916 Introduced , by Rep. Regan Deering SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
745 ILCS 75/1 from Ch. 70, par. 201
745 ILCS 75/2 from Ch. 70, par. 202
Amends the Snow and Ice Removal Act. Includes within the protection of the Act a person in charge of any business who attempts to remove snow or ice from sidewalks and parking areas abutting the business. Prohibits liability unless the removal of the snow and ice was done in a willful or wanton manner. Provides that attorney's fees may be awarded to a defendant who is protected under the Act from liability if the court determines the that action against the defendant is frivolous.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Snow and Ice Removal Act is amended by
changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
(745 ILCS 75/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 201)
Sec. 1. It is declared to be the public policy of this
State that owners and others residing in residential units and
owners and others operating businesses be encouraged to clean
the sidewalks and parking areas abutting their residences and
businesses of snow and ice. The General Assembly, therefore,
determines that it is undesirable for any person to be found
liable for damages due to his or her efforts in the removal of
snow or ice from such sidewalks or parking areas, except for
acts which amount to clear wrongdoing, as described in Section
2 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 81-591.)
(745 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 202)
Sec. 2. Any owner, lessor, occupant or other person in
charge of any residential property or business, or any agent
of or other person engaged by any such party, who removes or
attempts to remove snow or ice from sidewalks or parking areas

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abutting the property shall not be liable for any personal
injuries allegedly caused by the snowy or icy condition of the
sidewalk or parking area resulting from his or her acts or
omissions unless the alleged misconduct was willful or wanton.
Attorney's fees may be awarded to a defendant who is protected
under this Act in an action against the defendant determined
by the court to be frivolous.
(Source: P.A. 81-591.)