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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1847 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 505 ILCS 87/15 | | 505 ILCS 87/25 | |
| Amends the Garden Act. Provides that a person may save the seeds grown in a vegetable garden for personal consumption or non-commercial sharing. Provides that a unit of local government may not adopt a regulation or ordinance that precludes saving seeds grown in vegetable gardens. |
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| | HB1847 | | LRB104 06464 BDA 16500 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning agriculture.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Garden Act is amended by changing Sections |
| 5 | | 15 and 25 as follows:
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| 6 | | (505 ILCS 87/15) |
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Right to cultivate vegetable gardens. |
| 8 | | Notwithstanding any other law, any person may cultivate |
| 9 | | vegetable gardens on their own property, or on the private |
| 10 | | property of another with the permission of the owner, in any |
| 11 | | county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this |
| 12 | | state. A person may save the seeds grown in a vegetable garden |
| 13 | | for personal use or non-commercial sharing. |
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-180, eff. 1-1-22.)
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| 15 | | (505 ILCS 87/25) |
| 16 | | Sec. 25. State and local regulation still permitted. |
| 17 | | Section 20 of this Act notwithstanding, this Act does not |
| 18 | | preclude the adoption of a regulation or local ordinance of |
| 19 | | general nature that does not specifically regulate vegetable |
| 20 | | gardens, including, but not limited to, regulations and |
| 21 | | ordinances relating to height, setback, water use, fertilizer |
| 22 | | use, or control of invasive or unlawful species, provided that |