103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1359

 

Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Craig Wilcox

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
750 ILCS 60/217  from Ch. 40, par. 2312-17

    Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that upon petition, the court shall order that a person against whom an emergency order of protection was issued shall have all records related to the emergency order expunged (unless the person violated the order) from the court's records and from the Illinois State Police's Law Enforcement Agencies Data System if: (1) the person who sought the emergency order fails to seek a plenary order of protection before the emergency order expires; (2) there is an agreed dismissal; or (3) the court denies the issuance of a plenary order of protection following the emergency order. Provides that the clerk shall immediately file the expungement order and all records to be expunged shall be expunged no later than 3 business days after the order. Effective June 1, 2023.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning domestic violence.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 is
5amended by changing Section 217 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 60/217)  (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-17)
7    Sec. 217. Emergency order of protection.
8    (a) Prerequisites. An emergency order of protection shall
9issue if petitioner satisfies the requirements of this
10subsection for one or more of the requested remedies. For each
11remedy requested, the petitioner shall establish that:
12        (1) The court has jurisdiction under Section 208;
13        (2) The requirements of Section 214 are satisfied; and
14        (3) There is good cause to grant the remedy,
15    regardless of prior service of process or of notice upon
16    the respondent, because:
17            (i) For the remedies of "prohibition of abuse"
18        described in Section 214(b)(1), "stay away order and
19        additional prohibitions" described in Section
20        214(b)(3), "removal or concealment of minor child"
21        described in Section 214(b)(8), "order to appear"
22        described in Section 214(b)(9), "physical care and
23        possession of the minor child" described in Section

 

 

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1        214(b)(5), "protection of property" described in
2        Section 214(b)(11), "prohibition of entry" described
3        in Section 214(b)(14), "prohibition of firearm
4        possession" described in Section 214(b)(14.5),
5        "prohibition of access to records" described in
6        Section 214(b)(15), and "injunctive relief" described
7        in Section 214(b)(16), the harm which that remedy is
8        intended to prevent would be likely to occur if the
9        respondent were given any prior notice, or greater
10        notice than was actually given, of the petitioner's
11        efforts to obtain judicial relief;
12            (ii) For the remedy of "grant of exclusive
13        possession of residence" described in Section
14        214(b)(2), the immediate danger of further abuse of
15        the petitioner by the respondent, if the petitioner
16        chooses or had chosen to remain in the residence or
17        household while the respondent was given any prior
18        notice or greater notice than was actually given of
19        the petitioner's efforts to obtain judicial relief,
20        outweighs the hardships to the respondent of an
21        emergency order granting the petitioner exclusive
22        possession of the residence or household. This remedy
23        shall not be denied because the petitioner has or
24        could obtain temporary shelter elsewhere while prior
25        notice is given to the respondent, unless the
26        hardships to the respondent from exclusion from the

 

 

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1        home substantially outweigh those to the petitioner;
2            (iii) For the remedy of "possession of personal
3        property" described in Section 214(b)(10), improper
4        disposition of the personal property would be likely
5        to occur if the respondent were given any prior
6        notice, or greater notice than was actually given, of
7        the petitioner's efforts to obtain judicial relief, or
8        the petitioner has an immediate and pressing need for
9        possession of that property.
10    An emergency order may not include the counseling, legal
11custody, payment of support, or monetary compensation
12remedies.
13    (a-5) When a petition for an emergency order of protection
14is granted, the order and file shall not be public and shall
15only be accessible to the court, the petitioner, law
16enforcement, a domestic violence advocate or counselor, the
17counsel of record for either party, and the State's Attorney
18for the county until the order is served on the respondent.
19    (b) Appearance by respondent. If the respondent appears in
20court for this hearing for an emergency order, he or she may
21elect to file a general appearance and testify. Any resulting
22order may be an emergency order, governed by this Section.
23Notwithstanding the requirements of this Section, if all
24requirements of Section 218 have been met, the court may issue
25a 30-day interim order.
26    (c) Emergency orders: court holidays and evenings.

 

 

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1        (1) Prerequisites. When the court is unavailable at
2    the close of business, the petitioner may file a petition
3    for a 21-day emergency order before any available circuit
4    judge or associate judge who may grant relief under this
5    Act. If the judge finds that there is an immediate and
6    present danger of abuse to the petitioner and that the
7    petitioner has satisfied the prerequisites set forth in
8    subsection (a) of Section 217, that judge may issue an
9    emergency order of protection.
10        (1.5) Issuance of order. The chief judge of the
11    circuit court may designate for each county in the circuit
12    at least one judge to be reasonably available to issue
13    orally, by telephone, by facsimile, or otherwise, an
14    emergency order of protection at all times, whether or not
15    the court is in session.
16        (2) Certification and transfer. The judge who issued
17    the order under this Section shall promptly communicate or
18    convey the order to the sheriff to facilitate the entry of
19    the order into the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System by
20    the Illinois State Police pursuant to Section 302. Any
21    order issued under this Section and any documentation in
22    support thereof shall be certified on the next court day
23    to the appropriate court. The clerk of that court shall
24    immediately assign a case number, file the petition,
25    order, and other documents with the court, and enter the
26    order of record and file it with the sheriff for service,

 

 

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1    in accordance with Section 222. Filing the petition shall
2    commence proceedings for further relief under Section 202.
3    Failure to comply with the requirements of this subsection
4    shall not affect the validity of the order.
5    (d) Expungement.
6        (1) Upon the petition of a respondent subject to an
7    emergency order issued under this Section, the court shall
8    order that all records related to the emergency order be
9    expunged from the court's records and from the Law
10    Enforcement Agencies Data System maintained by the
11    Illinois State Police if the petitioner who sought the
12    emergency order failed to seek a plenary order of
13    protection under this Act prior to the expiration of the
14    emergency order.
15        (2) Following issuance of an emergency order of
16    protection under this Section, upon the subsequent denial
17    of a plenary order of protection, an agreed dismissal of
18    an action for a plenary order of protection, or the
19    dismissal of an action for a plenary order of protection
20    due to the petitioner's or the petitioner's legal
21    counsel's failure to appear, the court shall order all
22    records related to the emergency order be expunged from
23    the court's records and from the Law Enforcement Agencies
24    Data System maintained by the Illinois State Police.
25        (3) The clerk of the court shall immediately file a
26    certified copy of the expungement order with the Illinois

 

 

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1    State Police.
2        (4) All records related to an emergency order required
3    to be expunged under this subsection shall be expunged no
4    later than 3 business days after the court issues the
5    expungement order.
6        (5) Records related to an emergency order of
7    protection shall not be expunged under this subsection if
8    the respondent against whom the emergency order was issued
9    violated the order.
10(Source: P.A. 101-255, eff. 1-1-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
11102-831, eff. 5-13-22; revised 7-29-22.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
132023.