Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1359 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1359 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Protecting Illinois Native Landscapes Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution that prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of privately owned residential land or a premises from allowing Illinois native species to voluntarily grow within the landscape or to install and maintain Illinois native species within a managed native landscape. Provides that native landscaping that may not be prohibited includes small or large areas of native landscaping in the front, back, or side yard or in areas that do not fit a standard definition of yard, such as areas on farms, rural properties, corporate campuses, school campuses, and large estates. Excludes from the scope of the Act an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government that prohibits plants, trees, or other landscaping from interfering with public transportation, vehicular traffic, or driveway or entrance road sight lines or from crossing sidewalks or property boundaries. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. LRB104 06893 RTM 16929 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1359 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Protecting Illinois Native Landscapes Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution that prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of privately owned residential land or a premises from allowing Illinois native species to voluntarily grow within the landscape or to install and maintain Illinois native species within a managed native landscape. Provides that native landscaping that may not be prohibited includes small or large areas of native landscaping in the front, back, or side yard or in areas that do not fit a standard definition of yard, such as areas on farms, rural properties, corporate campuses, school campuses, and large estates. Excludes from the scope of the Act an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government that prohibits plants, trees, or other landscaping from interfering with public transportation, vehicular traffic, or driveway or entrance road sight lines or from crossing sidewalks or property boundaries. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. LRB104 06893 RTM 16929 b LRB104 06893 RTM 16929 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Creates the Protecting Illinois Native Landscapes Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution that prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of privately owned residential land or a premises from allowing Illinois native species to voluntarily grow within the landscape or to install and maintain Illinois native species within a managed native landscape. Provides that native landscaping that may not be prohibited includes small or large areas of native landscaping in the front, back, or side yard or in areas that do not fit a standard definition of yard, such as areas on farms, rural properties, corporate campuses, school campuses, and large estates. Excludes from the scope of the Act an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government that prohibits plants, trees, or other landscaping from interfering with public transportation, vehicular traffic, or driveway or entrance road sight lines or from crossing sidewalks or property boundaries. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15	15	5 Protecting Illinois Native Landscapes Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
17	17	7 "Illinois native species" means trees, shrubs, vines,
18	18	8 ferns, flowers, forbs, sedges, grasses, and other plants
19	19	9 growing in the State of Illinois prior to European settlement
20	20	10 or as otherwise defined by rule of the Department of Natural
21	21	11 Resources.
22	22	12 "Native landscape" means an intentionally maintained area
23	23	13 of grasses, wildflowers, forbs, ferns, shrubs, or trees
24	24	14 comprised primarily of Illinois native species as verified by
25	25	15 a unit of local government or by a nonprofit land trust that is
26	26	16 nationally accredited by the Land Trust Alliance. "Native
27	27	17 landscape" includes Illinois native species that are in excess
28	28	18 of 8 inches in height and have gone to seed. "Native landscape"
29	29	19 does not include exotic or noxious weeds regulated under the
30	30	20 Illinois Noxious Weed Law, the Illinois Exotic Weed Act, or an
31	31	21 ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government.
32	32	22 Section 10. Regulations restricting Illinois native
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36	36	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1359 Introduced , by Rep. Laura Faver Dias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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39	39	Creates the Protecting Illinois Native Landscapes Act. Provides that a unit of local government may not enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution that prohibits or unreasonably restricts an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of privately owned residential land or a premises from allowing Illinois native species to voluntarily grow within the landscape or to install and maintain Illinois native species within a managed native landscape. Provides that native landscaping that may not be prohibited includes small or large areas of native landscaping in the front, back, or side yard or in areas that do not fit a standard definition of yard, such as areas on farms, rural properties, corporate campuses, school campuses, and large estates. Excludes from the scope of the Act an ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government that prohibits plants, trees, or other landscaping from interfering with public transportation, vehicular traffic, or driveway or entrance road sight lines or from crossing sidewalks or property boundaries. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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67	67	1 species.
68	68	2 (a) A unit of local government may not enact or enforce an
69	69	3 ordinance or resolution that prohibits or unreasonably
70	70	4 restricts an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant
71	71	5 of privately owned residential land or a premises from
72	72	6 allowing Illinois native species to voluntarily grow within
73	73	7 the landscape or to install and maintain Illinois native
74	74	8 species within a managed native landscape.
75	75	9 (b) Native landscaping that may not be prohibited include
76	76	10 small or large areas of native landscaping in the front, back,
77	77	11 or side yard or in areas that do not fit a standard definition
78	78	12 of yard, such as areas on farms, rural properties, corporate
79	79	13 campuses, school campuses, and large estates.
80	80	14 Section 15. Exceptions. This Act does not apply to an
81	81	15 ordinance or resolution of a unit of local government that
82	82	16 prohibits plants, trees, or other landscaping from interfering
83	83	17 with public transportation, vehicular traffic, or driveway or
84	84	18 entrance road sight lines or from crossing sidewalks or
85	85	19 property boundaries.
86	86	20 Section 20. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate
87	87	21 Illinois native species and native landscapes in a manner
88	88	22 inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under
89	89	23 subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
90	90	24 Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
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