Bill Text: IL SB1324 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning immigration status.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-06 - Referred to Assignments [SB1324 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1324-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning immigration.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 8-2901 as follows:
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| 6 | (735 ILCS 5/8-2901) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 8-2901. Admissibility of evidence; immigration | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | status. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), evidence related | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | to a person's immigration status is not admissible in any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | civil proceeding. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | (b) Evidence otherwise inadmissible under this this Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | admissible if: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | (1) it is essential to prove an element of a claim or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | an affirmative defense; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | (2) it is offered to prove an interest or bias of a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | witness, if it does not cause confusion of the issues or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | mislead the trier of fact, and the probative value of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | evidence outweighs its prejudicial nature; or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (3) a person or his or her attorney voluntarily | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | reveals his or her immigration status to the court. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (c) A party intending to offer evidence relating to a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | person's immigration status shall file a written motion at | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | least 14 days before a hearing or a trial specifically | ||||||
| 2 | describing the evidence and stating the purpose for which it | ||||||
| 3 | is offered. A court, for good cause, may require a different | ||||||
| 4 | time for filing or permit filing during trial. | ||||||
| 5 | Upon receipt of the motion and notice to all parties, the | ||||||
| 6 | court shall conduct an in camera hearing, with counsel | ||||||
| 7 | present, limited to review of the probative value of the | ||||||
| 8 | person's immigration status to the case. If the court finds | ||||||
| 9 | that the evidence relating to a person's immigration status | ||||||
| 10 | meets the criteria set forth in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of | ||||||
| 11 | subsection (b), the court shall make findings of fact and | ||||||
| 12 | conclusions of law regarding the permitted use of the | ||||||
| 13 | evidence. | ||||||
| 14 | The motion, related papers, and the record of the hearing | ||||||
| 15 | shall be sealed and remain under seal unless the court orders | ||||||
| 16 | otherwise. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) A person may not, with the intent to deter any person | ||||||
| 18 | or witness from testifying freely, fully, and truthfully to | ||||||
| 19 | any matter before trial or in any court or before a grand jury, | ||||||
| 20 | administrative agency, or any other State or local | ||||||
| 21 | governmental unit, threaten to or actually disclose, directly | ||||||
| 22 | or indirectly, a person's or witness's immigration status to | ||||||
| 23 | any entity or any immigration or law enforcement agency. A | ||||||
| 24 | person who violates this subsection commits a Class C | ||||||
| 25 | misdemeanor.
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