Illinois House Bill 5486 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that every individual is entitled to an estate of homestead to the extent in value of $150,000 (instead of $15,000) of his or her interest in real property occupied by him or her as a residence. Provides that if 2 or more individuals own property that is exempt as a homestead, the value of the exemption of each individual may not exceed his or her proportionate share of $200,000 (instead of $30,000) based upon percentage of ownership. Effective immediately.

CIV PRO-DEBTOR PROTECTION

Rep. Barbara Currie [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-04-13	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-03-23	House	To Civil Procedure Subcommittee
2018-03-21	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2018-03-08	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
2018-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-16	House	First Reading
2018-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	12-901	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5486&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5486.htm