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735 ILCS 110/15 (2026)

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(735 ILCS 110/15)
    Sec. 15. Applicability. This Act applies to any motion to dispose of a claim in a judicial proceeding on the grounds that the claim is based on, relates to, or is in response to any act or acts of the moving party in furtherance of the moving party's rights of petition, speech, association, or to otherwise participate in government, including freedom of the press. The claim does not need to solely pertain to the moving party's constitutional rights as this Act applies regardless of the motives of the person who brought the claim that the moving party is seeking to dispose of.
    Acts in furtherance of the constitutional rights to petition, speech, association, and participation in government, including freedom of the press, are immune from liability, regardless of intent or purpose, except when not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable government action, result, or outcome.
(Source: P.A. 104-431, eff. 8-21-25.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 45 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2009–2026 · leading case: Wright Dev. Grp., LLC v. Walsh, 939 N.E.2d 389 (Ill. 2010).
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Wright Dev. Grp., LLC v. Walsh, 939 N.E.2d 389 (Ill. 2010). · cites it 18× “COURT: Well, you look at the definition even of acts in furtherance and it says 735 ILCS 110/15 acts in furtherance * * * you are not even trying to procure favorable governmental action at that point because the Alderman's representative has left the room.”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 2012 IL 111443 (Ill. 2012). · cites it 8× “” 735 ILCS 110/15 (West 2008). The Act immunizes from liability “[a]cts in furtherance of the constitutional rights to petition, speech, association, and participation in government ***, regardless of intent or purpose, except when not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable…”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 962 N.E.2d 418 (Ill. 2012). · cites it 8× “" 735 ILCS 110/15 (West 2008). The Act immunizes from liability "[a]cts in furtherance of the constitutional rights to petition, speech, association, and participation in government * * *, regardless of intent or purpose, except when not genuinely aimed at procuring favorable…”
Hytel Grp., Inc. v. Butler, 938 N.E.2d 542 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 7× “” 735 ILCS 110/15 (West 2008). The Act permits anyone who is defending against a claim in a judicial proceeding to file a “motion to dispose of [the] claim *** on the grounds that the claim is based on, relates to, or is in response to any act *** of the moving party in…”
Kainrath v. Grider, 2018 IL App (1st) 172270 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 4× “Defendants insisted that no genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether they were entitled to immunity under sections 15 and 20 of the Act ( 735 ILCS 110/15, 20 (West 2014) ). Defendants asserted that they had made the required threshold showings under that law that Mr.”
Sandholm v. Kuecker, 942 N.E.2d 544 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 4× “” 735 ILCS 110/15 (West 2008). Section 20 guides motion practice relating to the Act.”
Enter. Recovery Sys., Inc. v. Salmeron, 927 N.E.2d 852 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 6× “Finally, Salmeron contends that the circuit court erred in failing to grant her postjudgment "emergency motion" to vacate the judgment against her and dismiss the lawsuit, based on Salmeron's alleged immunity under section 15 of the Citizen Participation Act (735 ILCS 110/15…”
August v. Hanlon, 2012 IL App (2d) 111252 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 6× “2d at 630 ; see also 735 ILCS 110/15 (West 2010) (discussing the public policy behind the Act).”
Prakash v. Parulekar, 2020 IL App (1st) 191819 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 3× “at 633 (quoting 735 ILCS 110/15 (West 2008)). A motion to dismiss based on immunity under the Act is properly raised under section 2-619(a)(9) of the Code wherein the legal sufficiency of the plaintiff’s complaint is admitted, but the motion asserts that - 10 - No.”
Mund v. Brown, 913 N.E.2d 1225 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 3× “Clair County that denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss the present lawsuit pursuant to section 15 of the Citizen Participation Act (the Act) (735 ILCS 110/15 (West Supp. 2007)). On September 4, 2008, we dismissed, for a lack of appellate jurisdiction, the cross-appeal of the…”
Shoreline Towers Condo. Ass'n v. Gassman, 936 N.E.2d 1198 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 3× “” 735 ILCS 110/15 (West 2008). It protects citizens in the exercise of their constitutional rights of participation, directing that: “[a]cts in furtherance of the constitutional rights to petition, speech, association, and participation in government are immune from liability,…”
Chadha v. North Park Elementary Sch. Ass'n, 2018 IL App (1st) 171958 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 4× “" 735 ILCS 110/15 (West 2014). The Act provides for summary dismissal, expedited appellate review, and recovery of attorney fees for the "SLAPPed" party.”
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