2024 Articles

On Nov. 1, 2023, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act provides absolute immunity for the failure to provide adequate police protection.

The Department of Insurance adopted a new part requiring health insurance coverage for over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, devices, and products, and which prohibits health insurers from requiring a prescription to cover them.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Vehicle Code. If a police officer is not present at the scene of an accident, the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash in Illinois must give notice to the local police department, the county sheriff, or the Illinois State Police if the crash...

The Pollution Control Board adopted amendments to the Parts titled Visible and Particulate Matter Emissions, Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations, Carbon Monoxide Emissions, and Nitrogen Oxides Emissions.

The Pollution Control Board adopted amendments to its primary drinking water standards. The rulemaking incorporates seven additional alternative procedures for testing contaminants in drinking water.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. A person operating an ambulance or rescue vehicle shall have documented training in the operation of an ambulance or rescue vehicle prior to operating such a vehicle, including training on the proper use of warning lights, sirens, and situations when the use of warning lights and sirens is warranted.

On Aug. 23, 2024, the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed an appeal of a case that found unconstitutional a law prohibiting parties from running for the General Assembly in the general election when no one in their party ran in the primary.

On June 12, 2024, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held the armed habitual criminal statute is constitutional under the Second Amendment and the Illinois Constitution.

On Nov. 22, 2023, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that a court order requiring the sale of marital assets prior to the final dissolution of a marriage is only permissible in extraordinary circumstances where that order is necessary to preserve the status quo.