Illinois Senate Bill 1959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Reduced Filing Fees for Seniors and Veterans Act. Contains a statement of legislative purpose. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that beginning January 1, 2020, the Supreme Court may, by rule, implement a program to offer a reduced filing fee of 50% the rate for the filing of civil cases by a person, regardless of the income of the person, who is either a: (1) senior citizen, aged 65 and older; or (2) member of the United States Armed Forces, the Illinois National Guard, or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces. Provides that the applicant shall apply at the time of filing and present his or her valid State identification or driver's license or armed forces identification card. Effective immediately.

CIV PRO FILING-SENIOR/VETERAN

Sen. Elgie Sims [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-12	Senate	To Subcommittee on Civil Rights
2019-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	5-105	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1959&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1959.htm