Public Act 102-0328
 
SB1672 EnrolledLRB102 04698 BMS 18132 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended  by 
adding Section 143.10d as follows:
 
    (215 ILCS 5/143.10d new)
    Sec. 143.10d. Claim information for a dog-related 
incident.
    (a)     An insurance company offering homeowner's insurance 
coverage or renter's insurance coverage that issues a policy 
or contract insuring against liability for injury to a person 
or injury to or destruction of property arising out of the 
ownership, lease, or rental of residential property shall, to 
the best of their ability, for any claim involving a 
dog-related incident, record circumstances relating to the 
incident, including, but not limited to:
        (1)   the breed of dog, and, if the breed was made by 
    visual identification, who made the identification: the 
    adjuster, the owner, or the insured;
        (2)   where the owner or insured obtained the dog from: 
    a pet store, a breeder, an animal shelter or rescue, a 
    friend or acquaintance, or found the dog as a stray;
        (3)   the sex of the dog and whether the dog was spayed 
    or neutered;
        (4)   whether the person injured by the dog was observed 
    engaging in teasing, tormenting, battering, assaulting, 
    injuring, or otherwise provoking the dog;
        (5)   the type of injury sustained by the victim, such 
    as a bite or fall;
        (6)   whether the incident occurred on the insured's 
    property or another location; and
        (7)   any obedience training or previous claims or past 
    complaints against the dog.
    (b)    This information shall be collected for a 2-year 
period beginning on January 1, 2022 and shall be reported 
annually to the Department. The Department shall make the 
information available on the Department's website by July 1, 
2023 and shall update the information each July 1 through July 
1, 2024. The information or data collected by the Department 
shall not be released or published in any way that violates the 
confidentiality or proprietary status or nature of the data.


Effective Date:  1/1/2022