101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3181

 

Introduced , by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-619  from Ch. 110, par. 2-619

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if the grounds do not appear on the face of the pleading attacked the motion shall be supported by affidavit that the claim asserted is unenforceable because the claim was (A) filed for a purpose of forcing an individual or entity to change positions or induce or coerce behavior in a manner unrelated to the claim asserted, or (B) based on allegations made to a government entity by an anonymous complainant where: (i) the anonymous complainant is not revealed; or (ii) the anonymous complainant, if revealed, made the allegations to a government entity while holding an ulterior motive with regard to the defendant or for the purposes of retaliating against the defendant.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 2-619 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/2-619)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-619)
7    Sec. 2-619. Involuntary dismissal based upon certain
8defects or defenses.
9    (a) Defendant may, within the time for pleading, file a
10motion for dismissal of the action or for other appropriate
11relief upon any of the following grounds. If the grounds do not
12appear on the face of the pleading attacked the motion shall be
13supported by affidavit:
14    (1) That the court does not have jurisdiction of the
15subject matter of the action, provided the defect cannot be
16removed by a transfer of the case to a court having
17jurisdiction.
18    (2) That the plaintiff does not have legal capacity to sue
19or that the defendant does not have legal capacity to be sued.
20    (3) That there is another action pending between the same
21parties for the same cause.
22    (4) That the cause of action is barred by a prior judgment.
23    (5) That the action was not commenced within the time

 

 

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1limited by law.
2    (6) That the claim set forth in the plaintiff's pleading
3has been released, satisfied of record, or discharged in
4bankruptcy.
5    (7) That the claim asserted is unenforceable under the
6provisions of the Statute of Frauds.
7    (8) That the claim asserted against defendant is
8unenforceable because of his or her minority or other
9disability.
10    (9) That the claim asserted against defendant is barred by
11other affirmative matter avoiding the legal effect of or
12defeating the claim.
13    (10) That the claim asserted is unenforceable because the
14claim was (A) filed for a purpose of forcing an individual or
15entity to change positions or induce or coerce behavior in a
16manner unrelated to the claim asserted, or (B) based on
17allegations made to a government entity by an anonymous
18complainant where: (i) the anonymous complainant is not
19revealed; or (ii) the anonymous complainant, if revealed, made
20the allegations to a government entity while holding an
21ulterior motive with regard to the defendant or for the
22purposes of retaliating against the defendant.
23    (b) A similar motion may be made by any other party against
24whom a claim is asserted.
25    (c) If, upon the hearing of the motion, the opposite party
26presents affidavits or other proof denying the facts alleged or

 

 

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1establishing facts obviating the grounds of defect, the court
2may hear and determine the same and may grant or deny the
3motion. If a material and genuine disputed question of fact is
4raised the court may decide the motion upon the affidavits and
5evidence offered by the parties, or may deny the motion without
6prejudice to the right to raise the subject matter of the
7motion by answer and shall so deny it if the action is one in
8which a party is entitled to a trial by jury and a jury demand
9has been filed by the opposite party in apt time.
10    (d) The raising of any of the foregoing matters by motion
11under this Section does not preclude the raising of them
12subsequently by answer unless the court has disposed of the
13motion on its merits; and a failure to raise any of them by
14motion does not preclude raising them by answer.
15    (e) Pleading over after denial by the court of a motion
16under this Section is not a waiver of any error in the decision
17denying the motion.
18    (f) The form and contents of and procedure relating to
19affidavits under this Section shall be as provided by rule.
20(Source: P.A. 83-707.)