Bill Text: IL HB2065 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning sealing of court files in an eviction action.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB2065 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2065-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2065 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 5/9-121
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning sealing of court files in an eviction action.
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A BILL FOR
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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
changing Section 9-121 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/9-121)
Sec. 9-121. Sealing of court file.
(a) Definition. As used in this Section, "court file"
means the the court file created when an eviction action is
filed with the court.
(b) Discretionary sealing of court file. The court may
order that a court file in an eviction action be placed under
seal if the court finds that the plaintiff's action is
sufficiently without a basis in fact or law, which may include
a lack of jurisdiction, that placing the court file under seal
is clearly in the interests of justice, and that those
interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in
knowing about the record.
(c) Mandatory sealing of court file. The court file
relating to an eviction action brought against a tenant under
Section 9-207.5 of this Code or as set forth in subdivision
(h)(6) of Section 15-1701 of this Code shall be placed under
seal.

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(d) This Section is operative on and after August 1, 2022.
(Source: P.A. 102-5, eff. 5-17-21.)