HB3566 - 104th General Assembly (2025-2026)

EVICTION OF MINORS
Last Action
8/15/2025 - House: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0317
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
735 ILCS 5/9-106  from Ch. 110, par. 9-106
735 ILCS 5/9-121  
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
DateChamberAction
2/07/2025HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2/18/2025HouseFirst Reading
2/18/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
3/07/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
3/11/2025HouseAssigned to Housing Committee
3/12/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
3/12/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/13/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Housing Committee
3/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
3/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
3/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
3/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
3/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
3/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
3/13/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
3/19/2025HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Housing Committee; by Voice Vote
3/19/2025HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Housing Committee; 010-005-000
3/19/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/19/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
3/19/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
3/24/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
3/25/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
3/25/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/02/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar
4/02/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
4/03/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
4/07/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Housing Committee
4/07/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Housing Committee; 010-001-000
4/08/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
4/10/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
4/10/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
4/10/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
4/10/2025HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
4/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
4/10/2025HouseRecalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2025HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
4/10/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2025HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-038-000
4/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
4/10/2025HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
4/14/2025SenateArrive in Senate
4/14/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/14/2025SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
4/14/2025SenateFirst Reading
4/14/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
4/29/2025SenateAssigned to Judiciary
5/02/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
5/06/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
5/06/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
5/06/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
5/07/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
5/07/2025SenateDo Pass Judiciary; 008-001-000
5/07/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025
5/08/2025SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
5/13/2025SenateSecond Reading
5/13/2025SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2025
5/22/2025SenateThird Reading - Passed; 048-007-001
5/22/2025HousePassed Both Houses
6/20/2025HouseSent to the Governor
8/15/2025HouseGovernor Approved
8/15/2025HouseEffective Date January 1, 2026
8/15/2025HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0317