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 Bill Status of HB4968  100th General Assembly


Short Description:  EVICTIONS-SEAL COURT RECORD

House Sponsors
Rep. Litesa E. Wallace - Sonya M. Harper - Carol Ammons

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/8/2019HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
705 ILCS 105/27.2c new
735 ILCS 5/9-121


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that upon motion or petition, the court shall order the sealing and impoundment of a court file for an eviction action in which the court does not find that a tenant or an occupant has materially breached the lease. Provides that the records of the circuit court clerk pertaining to a court file that is ordered sealed and impounded shall be impounded until further order of the court upon good cause shown and the name of the petitioner obliterated on the official index required to be kept by the circuit court clerk under the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that the clerk of the court may not collect a filing fee for a petition filed under the new provisions. Makes a corresponding change in the Clerks of Courts Act.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/14/2018HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
  2/14/2018HouseFirst Reading
  2/14/2018HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/21/2018HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
  3/23/2018HouseTo Civil Procedure Subcommittee
  4/9/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
  4/9/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/11/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
  4/13/2018HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  4/13/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  4/24/2018HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
  4/24/2018HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
  1/8/2019HouseSession Sine Die

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