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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Changes the definitions of "harassment" to include, among other actions, doxing, electronic tracking, and nonconsensual creation, dissemination, or threatening the dissemination of electronically generated or digitally altered content pertaining to the petitioner. Requires a county (not just counties with more than 250,000 in population) to provide remote access to a hearing on a protective order to include relevant witnesses besides the petitioner and respondent. Creates additional remedies for the court to grant in a domestic violence order of protection. Requires that any motion to extend a plenary order must be filed on or before the expiration date, and the plenary order remains in effect after filing until its original expiration date or until the motion is presented or heard, whichever is later. Requires a plenary order to be extended if the court finds that since entry of the plenary order there has been no material change in the relevant circumstances as required by law, and an extension of a plenary order may be granted for any fixed period of time or indefinitely until the plenary order is vacated or modified. Provides that if the motion to extend the plenary order is uncontested, petitioner's motion or affidavit stating that there has been no material change in relevant circumstances since entry of the order and stating the reason for the requested extension is sufficient for the court to extend the plenary order for any length of time, including indefinitely. Provides that the court may grant a contested request for an extension of the plenary order for more than 2 years for good cause. Provides that a violation of the original order or a subsequent incident of abuse is not required to grant the extension or determine the length of the extension, and compliance with the original order does not negate the basis or length of the extension. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Makes conforming changes.

House Committee Amendment No. 1

Adds reference to:

725 ILCS 5/112A-11.5

750 ILCS 60/201from Ch. 40, par. 2312-1

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill with these changes. Requires the court to grant a request for remote hearing unless good cause is shown to deny the request. Provides that a petitioner may not be denied a protective order solely on the basis that the petitioner or the respondent is incarcerated in a penal institution at the time of the issuance of the order. Allows a petition seeking protection to include a crime victim who was abused by a family or household member before the offender was incarcerated and by any person who has previously suffered abuse by a family or household member convicted of certain crimes. Provides that if the respondent does not contest the motion to extend a plenary order of protection after service of the motion in accordance with Supreme Court Rules, the court may grant the request for an extension based solely on the petitioner's motion and affidavit setting forth the requirements of the provisions governing plenary orders. Makes structural changes.

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Date	Chamber	Action
1/07/2026	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
1/14/2026	House	First Reading
1/14/2026	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/14/2026	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
1/21/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
1/21/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
1/21/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
2/17/2026	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2/25/2026	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
3/17/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
3/19/2026	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
3/19/2026	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/20/2026	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
3/20/2026	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
3/25/2026	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote
3/25/2026	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000
3/25/2026	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/09/2026	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
4/10/2026	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2026	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/14/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
4/14/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
4/14/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
4/14/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
4/16/2026	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
4/17/2026	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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HB4312 - 104th General Assembly

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