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Sponsored byEmanuel Welch+42 co-sponsors
Last updated Aug 7, 2026 · IL · Source: LegiScan ↗
HB5024 prohibits any detention center facility used for immigration enforcement, processing, or detention—including those operated by federal immigration authorities or their contractors—from being located, constructed, or operated within 1,500 feet of schools, day cares, parks, residences, houses of worship, or similar sensitive locations in Illinois.
HB5024 Enrolled LRB104 20598 JDS 34089 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 5 adding Section 11-5-12 as follows: 6 (65 ILCS 5/11-5-12 new) 7 Sec. 11-5-12. Detention center facilities. 8 (a) In this Section: 9 "Detention center facility" means any one or more of the 10 following: 11 (1) a facility that is owned, leased, operated, or 12 otherwise controlled by any unit of government or a 13 federal immigration authority and that has as its primary 14 use the occupation under restraint or security of 15 individuals detained by or in the custody of any unit of 16 government or a federal immigration authority for 17 immigration-related purposes; 18 (2) a facility where individuals who have been 19 detained by or are in the custody of any unit of government 20 or a federal immigration authority are processed for 21 deportation from the United States; or 22 (3) a facility where individuals who have been 23 detained by or in the custody of any unit of government or HB5024 Enrolled - 2 - LRB104 20598 JDS 34089 b 1 a federal immigration authority are temporarily held while 2 their citizenship status is determined. 3 "Federal immigration authority" means the United States 4 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Customs 5 and Border Protection, the United States Department of 6 Homeland Security, or any other federal agency exercising 7 immigration enforcement authority under the laws of the United 8 States or any entity that is under contract with such an agency 9 to perform immigration enforcement activities. 10 (b) A detention center facility may not be located, 11 constructed, or operated within 1,500 feet of the property 12 boundaries of any school, day care center, day care home, 13 cemetery, public park, forest preserve, public housing, 14 private residence, or place of religious worship, regardless 15 of address. 16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 17 becoming law.
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