Illinois SB 1265: ENVTL BARRIER-ENFORCEMENT DATA

Status: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (as of 2026-02-11)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: SB 1265

Sponsors: Diane Blair-Sherlock, Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura

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SB1265 EnrolledLRB104 07333 BDA 17373 b

1 AN ACT concerning health.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Environmental Barriers Act is amended by 

5changing Section 6 as follows:

6 (410 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3716)

7 Sec. 6. Enforcement. 

8 (a) The Attorney General shall have authority to enforce 

9the Code. The Attorney General may investigate any complaint 

10or reported violation of this Act and, where necessary to 

11ensure compliance, may do any or all of the following:

12 (1) Conduct an investigation to determine if a 

13 violation of this Act and the Code exists. This includes 

14 the power to:

15 (A) require an individual or entity to file a 

16 statement or report in writing under oath or 

17 otherwise, as to all information the Attorney General 

18 may consider;

19 (B) examine under oath any person alleged to have 

20 participated in or with knowledge of the violations; 

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22 (C) issue subpoenas or conduct hearings in aid of 

23 any investigation. 

SB1265 Enrolled- 2 -LRB104 07333 BDA 17373 b

1 (2) Bring an action for injunction to halt 

2 construction or alteration of any public facility or 

3 multi-story housing or to require compliance with the Code 

4 by any public facility or multi-story housing which has 

5 been or is being constructed or altered in violation of 

6 this Act and the Code.

7 (3) Bring an action for mandamus. 

8 (4) Bring an action for penalties as follows:

9 (A) any owner of a public facility or multi-story 

10 housing in violation of this Act shall be subject to 

11 civil penalties in a sum not to exce

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