republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/sb-1114.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY-REMOVE IMMINENT HAZARD"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that if a county finds that an imminent hazard to the public health or safety exists arising from an unfit condition which requires immediate action to protect the public health or safety, it may bring an action, without bond, for immediate injunctive relief, including causing the removal of unhealthy or unsafe accumulations or concentrations of the following: garbage; organic materials in an active state of decomposition, including, but not limited to, carcasses, food waste, or other spoiled or rotting materials; human or animal waste; debris; or other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials from a structure or property. Provides that a county may file a notice of lien for the cost and expense of actions taken."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1114"
citation: "Illinois SB 1114 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4efef5db-fddf-4b35-842d-39049667ad47"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1114&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=117052&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "9ecb73170119e7f83ad8a9d65826aceda531f49f45c142da75c304ff2dfc36f5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1114 (101st) — COUNTY-REMOVE IMMINENT HAZARD

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that if a county finds that an imminent hazard to the public health or safety exists arising from an unfit condition which requires immediate action to protect the public health or safety, it may bring an action, without bond, for immediate injunctive relief, including causing the removal of unhealthy or unsafe accumulations or concentrations of the following: garbage; organic materials in an active state of decomposition, including, but not limited to, carcasses, food waste, or other spoiled or rotting materials; human or animal waste; debris; or other hazardous, noxious, or unhealthy substances or materials from a structure or property. Provides that a county may file a notice of lien for the cost and expense of actions taken.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1114&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=117052&DocNum=1114&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1114eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=117052&DocNum=1114&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1114enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=117052&DocNum=1114&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melinda Bush — primary (person)
- Sam Yingling — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush `filing`
- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Postponed - Local Government
- **2019-03-13** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2019
- **2019-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2019-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
- **2019-04-10** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Bush `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2019-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** To Commercial Law Subcommittee
- **2019-05-08** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2019-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-02** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0200 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4efef5db-fddf-4b35-842d-39049667ad47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).