Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
Filed: 2/26/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 77 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 77 on page 1, by 
3replacing line 5 with the following: "changing Section 9-121 
4and by adding Section 9-102.5 as"; and

 
5by deleting line 5 on page 2 through line 16 on page 6; and
 
6on page 6, immediately above line 17, by inserting the 
7following:
 
8    "(735 ILCS 5/9-121)
9    Sec. 9-121. Sealing of court file.
10    (a)    Definition. As used in this Section, "court file"

 means 
11the court file created when an eviction

action is filed with 
12the court.
13    (b)     Discretionary sealing of court file. The court may


14order that a court file in an eviction action

be placed under 
15seal if the court finds that the plaintiff's

action is 
 
 
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1sufficiently without a basis in fact or law, which

may include 
2a lack of jurisdiction, that placing the court file

under seal 
3is clearly in the interests of justice, and that

those 
4interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in


5knowing about the record. The court may order that the tenant's 
6name in an action brought under Section 9-104.2 be sealed.
7    (c)       Mandatory sealing of court file. The court file 
8relating to an eviction action brought against a tenant under 
9Section 9-207.5 of this Code or as set forth in subdivision 
10(h)(6) of Section 15-1701 of this Code shall be placed under 
11seal. 

12(Source: P.A. 100-173, eff. 1-1-18.)".