republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-4020.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-VEH TRESPASS CIVIL	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the land he or she entered upon with a motor vehicle. Provides the measure of damages an owner may recover. Provides that if the person operating the vehicle is under the age of 16, the owner of the vehicle and the parent or legal guardian of the minor are jointly and severally liable. Defines "land", "owner", and "vehicle".	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 4020	Illinois HB 4020 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2005-02-28	2005-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/1f33da16-bcc4-4908-b909-08d62356594b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4020&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=20842&SessionID=50&GA=94	b1e3e4b2ccbf2eb71bd1cdc8726405ccf7f6460ef2cab4833e9cbb21ee13a059	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4020 (94th) — CRIM CD-VEH TRESPASS CIVIL

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the land he or she entered upon with a motor vehicle. Provides the measure of damages an owner may recover. Provides that if the person operating the vehicle is under the age of 16, the owner of the vehicle and the parent or legal guardian of the minor are jointly and severally liable. Defines "land", "owner", and "vehicle".

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ed Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-28 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr. filing
• 2005-02-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-01 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2005-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2005-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0512 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f33da16-bcc4-4908-b909-08d62356594b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).