Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

735 ILCS 5/9-121

735 ILCS 5/9-122 new

815 ILCS 505/2Z

from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262Z

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that upon the filing of an eviction action, the clerk of the circuit court shall immediately impound the court file unless: the tenancy is commercial; or the property the plaintiff seeks possession of is a condominium unit and at least one of the defendants named is the unit owner. Provides that the court shall make specific findings when an eviction order is entered against a defendant. Provides that the court may order a court file in an eviction be or remain impounded (rather than placed under seal) when the interests of justice outweigh the interests of the government and the public in maintaining a public record of the case (rather than clearly in the interests of justice and those interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in knowing about the record). Provides that a court file shall be impounded: (1) in any case not resulting in an eviction order entered in favor of the plaintiff; (2) in a foreclosure-related eviction action; (3) in a not-for-cause eviction action; or (4) if the parties to the eviction action so agree. Provides factors that the court shall consider in determining whether to grant or deny a motion or petition to impound or unimpound a court file. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall automatically seal an eviction action no later than 5 years after a plaintiff's initial filing. Provides that a person shall not disseminate any information contained in a sealed or impounded court file. Provides that a consumer reporting agency shall not disclose the existence of a sealed or impounded eviction action in a consumer report or use an eviction action as a factor to determination a score or recommendation to be included in a consumer report pertaining to a person for whom dissemination has been prohibited. Makes a conforming change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/8/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
2/13/2019	House	First Reading
2/13/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/14/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2/14/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
2/14/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2/14/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2/19/2019	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2/20/2019	House	To Commercial Law Subcommittee
3/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
3/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
3/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
3/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
3/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
3/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
3/1/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
3/7/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
3/7/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/12/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
3/13/2019	House	Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 005-002-000
3/13/2019	House	Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
3/13/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
3/29/2019	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/29/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
10/4/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
12/19/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

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