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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5507 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Creates a process that Illinois residents may use to seek an Illinois judicial order making findings of fact to change a government-issued document from another state or country so that they may petition the issuing jurisdiction to change such a document. |
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| | HB5507 | | LRB103 38888 JRC 69025 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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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 | | adding Section 21-106 as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/21-106 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 21-106. Legislative intent. Residents of this State |
| 8 | | who were born in another state or in another country may have |
| 9 | | difficulty in securing government-issued documents with the |
| 10 | | correct information. It is the intent of the General Assembly |
| 11 | | that Illinois should have a legal process available for these |
| 12 | | residents to seek a judicial order making findings of fact so |
| 13 | | that they may petition the issuing jurisdiction to change such |
| 14 | | a document. |
| 15 | | (a) Process. An Illinois resident may file a petition in |
| 16 | | his or her county of residence asking for a court to issue a |
| 17 | | finding of fact or facts to correct or update a |
| 18 | | government-issued document from another state or country. As |
| 19 | | used in this Section, "government-issued document" includes, |
| 20 | | but is not limited to, birth certificate, passport, driver's |
| 21 | | license, or identification card. |
| 22 | | (b) The petition must contain the following information: |
| 23 | | (1) petitioner's name and current address; |