Illinois Senate Bill 77 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that eviction proceedings shall be sealed and remain so unless a final order of eviction in favor of the plaintiff is entered. Provides that unsealed records shall remain unsealed for a period of 7 years. Provides that after 7 years, access to the court records may be obtained only by specified parties. Provides that if a case is filed by a board of managers of a condominium association and names or joins a tenant of a condominium unit to the proceedings, the tenant's name shall be permanently suppressed by order of the court. Effective 90 days after becoming law.

CIV PRO-EVICTION CASE SEALING

Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]

Sen. Robert Peters [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-28	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-28	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
2019-03-20	Senate	Postponed - Judiciary
2019-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Judiciary
2019-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
2019-03-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
2019-03-05	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
2019-02-27	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2019-02-27	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2019-02-26	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-02-26	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2019-01-30	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2019-01-29	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2019-01-23	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2019-01-23	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-01-23	Senate	First Reading
2019-01-23	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	9-102.5	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	9-104.2	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=77&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0077.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0077sam001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB0077sam002.htm