Illinois House Bill 2299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-19 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that upon the filing of an eviction action, the clerk of the circuit court shall immediately impound the court file unless: the tenancy is commercial; or the property the plaintiff seeks possession of is a condominium unit and at least one of the defendants named is the unit owner. Provides that the court shall make specific findings when an eviction order is entered against a defendant. Provides that the court may order a court file in an eviction be or remain impounded (rather than placed under seal) when the interests of justice outweigh the interests of the government and the public in maintaining a public record of the case (rather than clearly in the interests of justice and those interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in knowing about the record). Provides that a court file shall be impounded: (1) in any case not resulting in an eviction order entered in favor of the plaintiff; (2) in a foreclosure-related eviction action; (3) in a not-for-cause eviction action; or (4) if the parties to the eviction action so agree. Provides factors that the court shall consider in determining whether to grant or deny a motion or petition to impound or unimpound a court file. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall automatically seal an eviction action no later than 5 years after a plaintiff's initial filing. Provides that a person shall not disseminate any information contained in a sealed or impounded court file. Provides that a consumer reporting agency shall not disclose the existence of a sealed or impounded eviction action in a consumer report or use an eviction action as a factor to determination a score or recommendation to be included in a consumer report pertaining to a person for whom dissemination has been prohibited. Makes a conforming change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.

EVICTION-SEAL & IMPOUND FILE

Rep. Delia Ramirez [D]	Rep. Theresa Mah [D]	Rep. Justin Slaughter [D]	Rep. Carol Ammons [D]
Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]	Rep. Anne Stava-Murray [D]	Rep. Nicholas Smith [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]
Rep. Sonya Harper [D]	Rep. Camille Lilly [D]	Rep. Jaime Andrade [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]
Rep. William Davis [D]	Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2019-10-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2019-03-29	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
2019-03-13	House	Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
2019-03-13	House	Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 005-002-000
2019-03-12	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2019-03-07	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-07	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
2019-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2019-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
2019-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2019-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2019-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2019-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
2019-03-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
2019-02-20	House	To Commercial Law Subcommittee
2019-02-19	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2019-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2019-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2019-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
2019-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
2019-02-13	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-13	House	First Reading
2019-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	9-121	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	9-122	New Code	See Bill Text
815	505	2Z	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2299&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2299.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2299ham001.htm