Bill Text: IL HB5507 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Creates a process that an Illinois resident may use to seek an Illinois judicial order making findings of fact to change a birth certificate issued in another state or country so the Illinois resident may petition the issuing jurisdiction to change the birth certificate. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-03 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes [HB5507 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5507-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
adding Section 21-106 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/21-106 new)
Sec. 21-106. Judicial order; findings of fact.
(a) Legislative intent. Residents of this State who were
born in another state or in another country may have
difficulty in securing a birth certificate with the correct
information. It is the intent of the General Assembly that
Illinois should have a legal process available for these
residents to seek a judicial order making findings of fact so
that they may petition the issuing jurisdiction to change a
birth certificate.
(b) An Illinois resident may file a petition in the
resident's county of residence asking for a court to issue a
finding of fact or facts to correct or update a birth
certificate issued by another state or country.
(c) The petition must contain the following information:
(1) the petitioner's name and current address;
(2) the change that is sought; and
(3) the reason for the change.

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(d) The court must schedule a hearing for this request.