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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 5976   </title>
<shortdesc>CIV PRO-RAPE CRISIS STATEMENT</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Julie Hamos</sponsors>
<sponsorhead2>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead2><altsponsors>(Sen. Mattie Hunter-Iris Y. Martinez and Martin A. Sandoval-Jacqueline Y. Collins)</altsponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>7/6/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1010</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<reference>735 ILCS 5/8-802.1</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 110, par. 8-802.1</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides an additional circumstance when the confidential nature of counseling records is not waived: in the case of an adult who has a guardian of his person, if the guardian inspects the records with the victim's consent. Provides that an adult victim who has a guardian of his or her person may knowingly waive the rape crisis statement privilege, but if the adult victim is, in the court's opinion, incapable of knowingly waiving the privilege, the guardian of the adult victim may waive the privilege, unless the guardian is charged with a violent crime against the victim or otherwise has an adverse interest to the victim with respect to the privilege.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/10/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Julie Hamos</action>
<statusdate>2/10/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/10/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/22/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/3/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee;  017-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/3/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/16/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/16/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Arrive in Senate</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2010</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter</action>
<statusdate>3/18/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>3/18/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>3/18/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez</action>
<statusdate>4/6/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary</action>
<statusdate>4/14/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Do Pass Judiciary;  009-000-000</action>
<statusdate>4/14/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010</action>
<statusdate>4/21/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval</action>
<statusdate>4/22/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Second Reading</action>
<statusdate>4/22/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010</action>
<statusdate>4/29/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins</action>
<statusdate>4/29/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000</action>
<statusdate>4/29/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Passed Both Houses</action>
<statusdate>5/28/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Sent to the Governor</action>
<statusdate>7/6/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Governor Approved</action>
<statusdate>7/6/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Effective Date January 1, 2011</action>
<statusdate>7/6/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1010</action>
</actions>
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