Bill Text: IL HB2063 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning sealing of court files in an eviction action.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-07 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB2063 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2063-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 9-121 as follows:
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6 | (735 ILCS 5/9-121) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 9-121. Sealing of court file. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Definition. As used in this Section, "court file"
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9 | means the the court file created when an eviction
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10 | filed with the court. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) Discretionary sealing of court file. The court may
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12 | order that a court file in an eviction action
be placed under | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | seal if the court finds that the plaintiff's
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14 | sufficiently without a basis in fact or law, which
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15 | a lack of jurisdiction, that placing the court file
under seal | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | is clearly in the interests of justice, and that
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17 | interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in
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18 | knowing about the record. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (c) Mandatory sealing of court file. The court file | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | relating to an eviction action brought against a tenant under | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Section 9-207.5 of this Code or as set forth in subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (h)(6) of Section 15-1701 of this Code shall be placed under | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | seal. |
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1 | (d) This Section is operative on and after August 1, 2022.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 102-5, eff. 5-17-21.)
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