97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2191

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-1401  from Ch. 110, par. 2-1401

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Adds provisions to allow relief at any time from a judgment that is a conviction in which the arresting charge was prostitution or first offender felony prostitution under the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar local ordinance and the defendant's participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking or trafficking in persons. Provides that a motion seeking this relief must be made with due diligence, after the defendant has ceased to be a victim of the trafficking or has sought victim services, subject to reasonable concerns for the safety of the defendant and others. Provides that official documentation, which is not required to obtain the relief, of the defendant's status as a victim of sex trafficking from a federal, state, or local government agency creates a presumption that the defendant's participation in the offense was a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking or trafficking in persons.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 2-1401 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/2-1401)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1401)
7    Sec. 2-1401. Relief from judgments.
8    (a) Relief from final orders and judgments, after 30 days
9from the entry thereof, may be had upon petition as provided in
10this Section. Writs of error coram nobis and coram vobis, bills
11of review and bills in the nature of bills of review are
12abolished. All relief heretofore obtainable and the grounds for
13such relief heretofore available, whether by any of the
14foregoing remedies or otherwise, shall be available in every
15case, by proceedings hereunder, regardless of the nature of the
16order or judgment from which relief is sought or of the
17proceedings in which it was entered. Except as provided in
18Section 6 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, there shall be
19no distinction between actions and other proceedings,
20statutory or otherwise, as to availability of relief, grounds
21for relief or the relief obtainable.
22    (b) The petition must be filed in the same proceeding in
23which the order or judgment was entered but is not a

 

 

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1continuation thereof. The petition must be supported by
2affidavit or other appropriate showing as to matters not of
3record. All parties to the petition shall be notified as
4provided by rule.
5    (c) Except as provided in Section 20b of the Adoption Act
6and Section 2-32 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or in a
7petition based upon Section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal
8Procedure of 1963, the petition must be filed not later than 2
9years after the entry of the order or judgment. Time during
10which the person seeking relief is under legal disability or
11duress or the ground for relief is fraudulently concealed shall
12be excluded in computing the period of 2 years.
13    (d) The filing of a petition under this Section does not
14affect the order or judgment, or suspend its operation.
15    (e) Unless lack of jurisdiction affirmatively appears from
16the record proper, the vacation or modification of an order or
17judgment pursuant to the provisions of this Section does not
18affect the right, title or interest in or to any real or
19personal property of any person, not a party to the original
20action, acquired for value after the entry of the order or
21judgment but before the filing of the petition, nor affect any
22right of any person not a party to the original action under
23any certificate of sale issued before the filing of the
24petition, pursuant to a sale based on the order or judgment.
25    (f) Nothing contained in this Section affects any existing
26right to relief from a void order or judgment, or to employ any

 

 

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1existing method to procure that relief.
2    (g) A petition under this Section may be filed at any time
3after the entry of judgment, if the judgment is a conviction
4where the arresting charge was under Section 11-14
5(prostitution) or Section 11-14.2 (first offender; felony
6prostitution) of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a similar local
7ordinance and the defendant's participation in the offense was
8a result of having been a victim of sex trafficking under
9Section 10-9 (trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude,
10and related offenses) of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
11trafficking in persons under the federal Trafficking Victims
12Protection Act (U.S.C., Title 22, Chapter 78), provided that:
13        (1) A motion under this subsection shall be made with
14    due diligence, after the defendant has ceased to be a
15    victim of such trafficking or has sought services for
16    victims of such trafficking, subject to reasonable
17    concerns for the safety of the defendant, family members of
18    the defendant, or other victims of such trafficking that
19    may be jeopardized by the bringing of such motion, or for
20    other reasons consistent with the purpose of this
21    subsection; and
22        (2) Official documentation of the defendant's status
23    as a victim of sex trafficking or trafficking in persons at
24    the time of the offense from a federal, state, or local
25    government agency shall create a presumption that the
26    defendant's participation in the offense was a result of

 

 

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1    having been a victim of sex trafficking or trafficking in
2    persons, but shall not be required for granting a motion
3    under this subsection.
4(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)