HB3566 - 104th General Assembly

EVICTION OF MINORS
Last Action

6/20/2025 - House: Sent to the Governor
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

735 ILCS 5/9-106from Ch. 110, par. 9-106
Synopsis As Introduced

Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Requires dismissal of a complaint in its entirety against all defendants if the complaint names a defendant who is a minor at the time of filing or was a minor at the time that the lease agreement at issue was entered. Provides that such an action shall be immediately sealed. Provides that, in addition to any other remedies available to the minor, a minor named as a defendant in violation of the Act is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees, actual damages, and liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a party from refiling an action against any defendants who otherwise may be properly named. Provides that, upon dismissing the case, the court may not waive any fees associated with refiling the action against defendants otherwise properly named.

House Committee Amendment No. 1

Deletes provisions that if a complaint names a defendant who was a minor at the time that the lease agreement at issue was entered into shall be dismissed in its entirety against all defendants.

House Floor Amendment No. 2

Requires that a minor be willfully and wantonly named as a defendant in violation of the Act before the minor is entitled to reasonable attorney fees, actual damages, and liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000.
Actions

Date Chamber Action
2/07/2025 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2/18/2025 House First Reading
2/18/2025 House Referred to Rules Committee
3/07/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
3/11/2025 House Assigned to Housing Committee
3/12/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
3/12/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/13/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Housing Committee
3/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
3/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
3/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
3/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
3/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
3/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
3/13/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
3/19/2025 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Housing Committee; by Voice Vote
3/19/2025 House Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Housing Committee; 010-005-000
3/19/2025 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
3/19/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
3/24/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
3/25/2025 House Second Reading - Short Debate
3/25/2025 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/02/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
4/02/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
4/03/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
4/07/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Housing Committee
4/07/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Housing Committee; 010-001-000
4/08/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
4/10/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
4/10/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
4/10/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
4/10/2025 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
4/10/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
4/10/2025 House Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2025 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
4/10/2025 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2025 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-038-000
4/10/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
4/10/2025 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
4/14/2025 Senate Arrive in Senate
4/14/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/14/2025 Senate Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
4/14/2025 Senate First Reading
4/14/2025 Senate Referred to Assignments
4/29/2025 Senate Assigned to Judiciary
5/02/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
5/06/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
5/06/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
5/06/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
5/07/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
5/07/2025 Senate Do Pass Judiciary; 008-001-000
5/07/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025
5/08/2025 Senate Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
5/13/2025 Senate Second Reading
5/13/2025 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2025
5/22/2025 Senate Third Reading - Passed; 048-007-001
5/22/2025 House Passed Both Houses
6/20/2025 House Sent to the Governor