HB5032 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 38731 JRC 68868 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5032

Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

740 ILCS 21/25

Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act. Provides that the petitioner does not have to disclose any address that may subject the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family or household to abuse. Provides that the petitioner may (rather than shall) designate an alternative address at which the respondent may serve notice of any motions. Provides that if the petitioner fails to provide an address for service on the petitioner, the court may designate an address that considers the safety of the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family or household.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Stalking No Contact Order Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(740 ILCS 21/25)

Sec. 25. Pleading; non-disclosure of address.

(a) A petition for a stalking no contact order shall be in writing and verified or accompanied by affidavit and shall allege that the petitioner has been the victim of stalking by the respondent.

(b) The petitioner does not have to disclose any address that may subject the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family or household to abuse. The If the petition states that disclosure of the petitioner's address would risk abuse of the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family or household, that address may be omitted from all documents filed with the court. If the petitioner has not disclosed an address under this subsection, the petitioner may shall designate an alternative address at which the respondent may serve notice of any motions. If the petitioner fails to provide an address for service on the petitioner, the court may designate an address that considers the safety of the petitioner or any member of the petitioner's family or household.

(Source: P.A. 96-246, eff. 1-1-10.)