Illinois HB1429 prohibits fines or criminal penalties for unsheltered homeless individuals engaging in life-sustaining activities on public property.
HB1429, the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act, amends existing law to prohibit the State or any local government from imposing fines or criminal penalties on individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness for engaging in life-sustaining activities on public property. It defines "life-sustaining activities" as actions such as moving, resting, sitting, standing, lying down, sleeping, protecting oneself from the elements, eating, drinking, and storing personal property.
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