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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Part 29 to Article VIII as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/Art. VIII Pt. 29 heading new) |
| 7 | | Part 29. Immigration Status
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| 8 | | (735 ILCS 5/8-2901 new) |
| 9 | | Sec. 8-2901. Admissibility of evidence; immigration |
| 10 | | status. |
| 11 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), evidence related |
| 12 | | to a person's immigration status is not admissible in any civil |
| 13 | | proceeding. |
| 14 | | (b) Evidence otherwise inadmissible under this Act is |
| 15 | | admissible if: |
| 16 | | (1) it is essential to prove an element of a claim or |
| 17 | | an affirmative defense; |
| 18 | | (2) it is offered to prove an interest or bias of a |
| 19 | | witness, if it does not cause confusion of the issues or |
| 20 | | mislead the trier of fact, and the probative value of the |
| 21 | | evidence outweighs its prejudicial nature; or |
| 22 | | (3) a person or his or her attorney voluntarily reveals |