TELL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE: Support HB 1429 to Resist the Criminalization of Homelessness

https://www.loc.gov/item/2020721461/

CALLING ALL ILLINOISANS!

Add your name to support HB1429, a vital step toward protecting the basic human rights of people experiencing homelessness in Illinois.The recent ruling from the Grants Pass v. Johnshon Supreme Court case made it easier for local governments to impose fines on and arrest unhoused persons. Illinois House Bill 1429 seeks to prevent wasting tax payer dollars on criminalizing of life-sustaining activities for unhoused persons across the state of Illinois, increasing legal protections for the homeless, and includes necessary exceptions for public health and safety. Write to your State Representative TODAY to ask them to support this critical legislation!

HB1429 will:
• Protect the right to perfoming life sustaining activities
• Require notice and support services before any enforcement, except in emergencies.
• Establish a legal defense for individuals who are charged with violating laws that criminalize life-sustaining activities while they are unhoused.
• Prevent municipalities from undermining the law, even if they are home rule units


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