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 Bill Status of HB4839  103rd General Assembly


Short Description:  ILLINOIS NATIVE LANDSCAPES ACT

House Sponsors
Rep. Laura Faver Dias - Anna Moeller, Lindsey LaPointe and Joyce Mason

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  4/5/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Protecting Illinois Native Landscapes Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution that prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of privately owned residential land or a premises from allowing Illinois native species to voluntarily grow within the landscape or to install and maintain Illinois native species within a managed native landscape. Provides that native landscaping that may not be prohibited includes small or large areas of native landscaping in the front, back, or side yard or in areas that do not fit a standard definition of yard, such as areas on farms, rural properties, corporate campuses, school campuses, and large estates. Excludes from the scope of the Act an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government that prohibits plants, trees, or other landscaping from interfering with public transportation, vehicular traffic, or driveway or entrance road sight lines or from crossing sidewalks or property boundaries. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/6/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
  2/7/2024HouseFirst Reading
  2/7/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/8/2024HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
  2/28/2024HouseAssigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
  3/11/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
  3/27/2024HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
  4/5/2024HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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