Amends the Innkeeper Protection Act. Provides that a proprietor or manager of a hotel may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel or refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodations to a guest or other person who violates specified provisions. Provides that if the guest has paid in advance, the innkeeper shall tender to the guest any unused portion of the advance payment at the time of removal. Provides that the amendatory provisions shall not be used as a pretext to discriminate against a guest on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral origin. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1: Removes language providing that a proprietor or manager of a hotel may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who brings property into the hotel that may be dangerous to other persons, including firearms or explosives.
House Floor Amendment No. 2: Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes: Removes language providing that a proprietor or manager of a hotel may refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodations to a person who: while on the premises of the hotel, acts in an obviously intoxicated manner; or is under the age of 18 years of age and is not accompanied by an adult. Removes language providing that a proprietor or manager of a hotel may remove or cause to be removed from a hotel a guest or other person who: is unable to pay for accommodations or services; while on the premises of the hotel, acts in an obviously intoxicated manner; and brings property into the hotel that may be dangerous to other persons. Provides that nothing shall be used as a pretext to discriminate against a guest on the basis of characteristics protected under local, State, or federal antidiscrimination laws (rather than on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral origin). Provides that the provisions do not limit any rights or protections that a guest or other person may have under local, State, or federal antidiscrimination or civil rights laws. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes: Prohibits a proprietor or manager of a hotel from ejecting a guest while the area the hotel is located in is under a severe weather warning without first giving a verbal or written warning to the guest that the guest may be ejected for the guest's behavior. Provides that nothing in the provisions regarding the right to eject shall be used as a pretext to terminate a month-to-month, yearly, or any other term lease, written or oral, of a permanent resident. Prohibits a proprietor or manager of a hotel from terminating the lease of a permanent resident without first going through the appropriate legal process required to lawfully terminate such lease. Provides that the provisions regarding the right to eject do not limit any rights or protections a permanent resident may have under local, State, or federal landlord or tenant laws or fair housing laws. Effective 60 days after becoming law (rather than immediately).

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 740 ILCS 90/10, 740 ILCS 90/11
Engrossed: 740 ILCS 90/10, 740 ILCS 90/11
Enrolled: 740 ILCS 90/10, 740 ILCS 90/11
Public Act: 740 ILCS 90/10, 740 ILCS 90/11