Date	Chamber	Action
8/19/2008	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0865

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

735 ILCS 5/1-105

from Ch. 110, par. 1-105

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning enforcement of the Code.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1

	Deletes reference to:
	735 ILCS 5/1-105

	Adds reference to:
	735 ILCS 5/2-209	from Ch. 110, par. 2-209

735 ILCS 5/12-621

from Ch. 110, par. 12-621

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the courts of this State have personal jurisdiction over a person who obtains a judgment in a defamation action outside the United States against a person who is a resident of Illinois or, if not a natural person, has its principal place of business in Illinois, for the purposes of rendering declaratory relief with respect to that resident's liability for the judgment, or for the purpose of determining whether the judgment should be deemed non-recognizable pursuant to the U.S. constitution, provided: (1) the publication was published in Illinois, and (2) that resident (i) has assets in Illinois which might be used to satisfy the foreign defamation judgment, or (ii) may have to take actions in Illinois to comply with the foreign defamation judgment. Provides that this applies to defamation judgments rendered outside the U.S. prior to, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides an additional condition under which a foreign judgment need not be recognized: if the action resulted in a defamation judgment obtained in a jurisdiction outside the U.S., unless a court sitting in this State first determines that the defamation law applied in the foreign jurisdiction provides at least as much protection for freedom of speech and the press as provided for by both the United States and Illinois constitutions. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/15/2008	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
2/15/2008	Senate	First Reading
2/15/2008	Senate	Referred to Rules
3/5/2008	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/12/2008	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
3/13/2008	Senate	Do Pass Executive; 008-005-000
3/13/2008	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
4/1/2008	Senate	Second Reading
4/1/2008	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2008
4/2/2008	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
4/2/2008	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
4/9/2008	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
4/10/2008	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 010-000-000
4/15/2008	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
4/15/2008	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
4/15/2008	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; E. Jones
4/15/2008	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
4/15/2008	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000
4/15/2008	House	Arrived in House
4/15/2008	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/17/2008	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
4/17/2008	House	First Reading
4/17/2008	House	Referred to Rules Committee
5/1/2008	House	Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
5/9/2008	House	Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
5/14/2008	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-001-000
5/14/2008	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
5/19/2008	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
5/19/2008	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/22/2008	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000
5/22/2008	Senate	Passed Both Houses
6/20/2008	Senate	Sent to the Governor
8/19/2008	Senate	Governor Approved
8/19/2008	Senate	Effective Date August 19, 2008
8/19/2008	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0865

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