Bill Text: IL HR1073 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the Illinois Supreme Court to immediately implement the Hope Card program to support victims of domestic violence and allow people protected under an order of protection to have a convenient and durable way to carry the information on their Order of Protection with them.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-10 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR1073 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR1073-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Domestic violence is prevalent in every community | ||||||
3 | and affects all people regardless of age,
socio-economic | ||||||
4 | status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or | ||||||
5 | nationality; domestic
violence may take various forms and | ||||||
6 | include physical violence, sexual violence, emotional
abuse, | ||||||
7 | financial abuse, and controlling behavior; on a typical day, | ||||||
8 | there are more than 20,000
phone calls placed to domestic | ||||||
9 | violence hotlines nationwide; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The devastating consequences of domestic violence | ||||||
11 | affect every person within a home and can
have long-lasting or | ||||||
12 | lifetime negative effects; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Preventing domestic violence and supporting | ||||||
14 | survivors is a priority for the Illinois General
Assembly; and
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15 | WHEREAS, The Hope Card system was established in Public | ||||||
16 | Act 102-0481, with an effective date of
January 1, 2022, to | ||||||
17 | amend the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 to allow | ||||||
18 | people
protected under an order of protection to have a | ||||||
19 | convenient and durable way to carry the
information on their | ||||||
20 | Order of Protection with them; and
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21 | WHEREAS, A Hope Card is a laminated card similar in size to |
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1 | a driver's license, containing information on
the order of | ||||||
2 | protection, including the case number, active dates, and a | ||||||
3 | photograph of the
respondent; these laminated cards are far | ||||||
4 | less likely to degrade over time and are much more
convenient | ||||||
5 | for victims of domestic violence; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The Hope Card system will also allow those | ||||||
7 | protected under an order of protection to have
something | ||||||
8 | simple to give employers, administrators of a child's school, | ||||||
9 | or anyone who may
need to be aware of the protective order; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Multiple other states have implemented Hope
Card | ||||||
11 | programs, including Montana, Idaho, Indiana, and Virginia; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The Hope Card legislation passed unanimously in | ||||||
13 | the Illinois State Legislature in the spring of 2021
and was | ||||||
14 | approved by the Governor on August 20, 2021; the effective | ||||||
15 | date of the public act
is January 1, 2022; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Supreme Court has not yet | ||||||
17 | implemented the Hope Card program in Illinois; therefore, be | ||||||
18 | it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
20 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
21 | we urge the Administrative Office of the
Illinois Courts and |
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1 | the Illinois Supreme Court to immediately start this important | ||||||
2 | program to support
victims of domestic violence and allow | ||||||
3 | people protected under an order of protection to have a
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4 | convenient and durable way to carry the information on their | ||||||
5 | Order of Protection with them; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | delivered to the Administrative Office of the
Illinois Courts | ||||||
8 | and the Illinois Supreme Court.
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