Illinois House Bill 1391

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-11 - Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
Pending: House Judiciary - Civil Committee
Hearing: Feb 26 @ 8:00 am in Room 114
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Deletes provisions that a defendant may refuse to waive service of summons. Provides that if a defendant located within the United States fails, without good cause, to sign and return a waiver requested by a plaintiff located within the United States, the court must impose on the defendant (1) the expenses later incurred in making service and (2) the reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, of any motion required to collect those service expenses.

CIV PROC REFUSAL OF SERVICE

Rep. Mary Canty [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-11	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2025-01-28	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-01-28	House	First Reading
2025-01-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	2-213	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1391&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB1391.htm