Illinois Senate Bill 520 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-23 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that eviction proceedings shall be sealed and remain so unless a final order of eviction in favor of the plaintiff is entered. Provides that unsealed records shall remain unsealed for a period of 7 years. Provides that after 7 years, access to the court records may be obtained only by specified parties. Allows the court to order that the tenant's name in an eviction action related to a condominium be sealed. Effective 90 days after becoming law.

CIV PRO-EVICTION CASE SEALING

Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]

Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]

Sen. Elgie Sims [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-23	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 23, 2021
2021-03-18	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
2021-03-17	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2021-03-03	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2021-02-23	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-23	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-23	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	9-102.5	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	9-121	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=520&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0520.htm