republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-2624.md

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Bill	COURT DOCUMENT ACCESSIBILITY	Creates the Court Record and Document Accessibility Act. Provides that all records and documents are presumed to be accessible by the court and the clerk of the court. Requires a clerk of the court to limit access to case information and documents that are not identified as public to the clerk of the court or limited supervisory staff through the use of access codes restricting access. Provides that access to court records and documents remotely over the Internet shall be as authorized by the Illinois Supreme Court Remote Access Policy. Provides definitions for case information and documents that are identified as public, impounded, confidential, sealed, and expunged. Requires the Supreme Court to establish a process for access to court files that are limited by statute or court rule, and to create a statewide standardized form to request access to documents in a court file that is restricted in any manner. Provides that the Act applies to all court records and documents related to any civil or criminal proceeding brought before any court in the State that are created and maintained by a State court. Makes conforming changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Privacy of Child Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act, the Unified Code of Corrections, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, the Civil No Contact Order Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, the Communicable Disease Report Act, the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, and the Probate Act of 1975.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 2624	Illinois HB 2624 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Nabeela Syed Ram Villivalam	4	35	5	2023-02-15	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0fe6732a-c692-4eea-8b91-ed01b10f0d33	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2624&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147742&SessionID=112	fe67ba43a92aac780399a50eb5e6fabbee8161a40c096b743b19e740c8bd8f2c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2624 (103rd) — COURT DOCUMENT ACCESSIBILITY

Creates the Court Record and Document Accessibility Act. Provides that all records and documents are presumed to be accessible by the court and the clerk of the court. Requires a clerk of the court to limit access to case information and documents that are not identified as public to the clerk of the court or limited supervisory staff through the use of access codes restricting access. Provides that access to court records and documents remotely over the Internet shall be as authorized by the Illinois Supreme Court Remote Access Policy. Provides definitions for case information and documents that are identified as public, impounded, confidential, sealed, and expunged. Requires the Supreme Court to establish a process for access to court files that are limited by statute or court rule, and to create a statewide standardized form to request access to documents in a court file that is restricted in any manner. Provides that the Act applies to all court records and documents related to any civil or criminal proceeding brought before any court in the State that are created and maintained by a State court. Makes conforming changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Privacy of Child Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act, the Unified Code of Corrections, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, the Civil No Contact Order Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, the Communicable Disease Report Act, the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, and the Probate Act of 1975.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Judiciary — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading, Amendment 1 — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nabeela Syed — primary (person)
• Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
• Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
• Sally J. Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed filing
• 2023-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-02-28 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 015-000-000
• 2023-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Nabeela Syed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2023-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
• 2023-03-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
• 2023-03-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2023-03-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2023-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
• 2023-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-27 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-04-18 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000
• 2023-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2023 reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 2, 2023
• 2023-04-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
• 2023-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
• 2023-05-09 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
• 2023-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2023-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2023-06-30 Effective Date January 1, 2024
• 2023-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0166 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fe6732a-c692-4eea-8b91-ed01b10f0d33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).