Illinois Senate Bill 1559 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Tenants Radon Protection Act. Provides that before a lease is signed, a landlord shall provide to each tenant in a dwelling unit any records or reports pertaining to radon concentrations within the dwelling unit that indicate a radon hazard. Provides that if a tenant performs a radon test, the tenant shall provide to the landlord the test result within 10 days after receiving the result. Provides that before a lease is signed a landlord shall furnish each prospective tenant with a prescribed radon hazard disclosure form. Provides that nothing implies an obligation on a landlord or tenant to conduct any radon testing. Provides that a lease may be terminated under specified circumstances involving radon hazards. Provides that this is a limitation on home rule powers. Amends the Illinois Radon Awareness Act. Repeals a provision requiring landlords to give certain disclosures to tenants. Effective January 1, 2020.

TENANT RADON PROTECTION

Sen. Don Harmon [D]	Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Laura Murphy [D]	Sen. Napoleon Harris [D]
Sen. Toi Hutchinson [D]	Sen. Laura Ellman [D]	Sen. Linda Holmes [D]	Sen. Cristina Castro [D]
Sen. Celina Villanueva [D]	Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]	Sen. William Cunningham [D]	Sen. Patrick Joyce [D]
Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-12-01	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2020-05-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 31, 2020
2020-05-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 29, 2020
2020-04-30	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2020
2020-04-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2020
2020-04-12	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2020-03-25	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 7, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 24, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Approved for Consideration Assignments
2020-03-11	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2020-03-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
2020-03-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
2020-02-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2020-02-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
2020-02-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2020-02-10	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
2020-02-06	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2020-02-06	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
2020-02-05	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
2019-04-12	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-04-01	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
2019-03-28	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
2019-03-27	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2019-03-12	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2019
2019-03-12	Senate	Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 008-000-003
2019-03-12	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2019-03-12	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
2019-03-12	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2019-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler
2019-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Public Health
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1559&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1559.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1559sam001.htm