republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-3566.md

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Bill	EVICTION OF MINORS	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.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	104th	HB 3566	Illinois HB 3566 (104th)	bill		enacted	Dagmara Avelar Karina Villa	5	62	5	2025-02-07	2025-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/ad99db3b-f34a-42cf-bbf5-1d09644cde2f	https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3566&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=162256&SessionID=114	4475f32c1535feb0609980b005b16d12498c175241b0a9bfee879130d8772747	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3566 (104th) — EVICTION OF MINORS

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.

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. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Housing, Amendment 2 — 10–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 73–38 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 48–7 (pass) · upper
• Judiciary — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• Housing — 10–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dagmara Avelar — primary (person)
• Karina Villa — primary (person)
• Aarón M. Ortíz — cosponsor (person)
• Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
• Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Amy Briel — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
• Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Eva-Dina Delgado — cosponsor (person)
• Graciela Guzmán — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
• Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
• Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
• Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Nabeela Syed — cosponsor (person)
• Nicolle Grasse — cosponsor (person)
• Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar filing
• 2025-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
• 2025-03-11 Assigned to Housing Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Housing Committee
• 2025-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
• 2025-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
• 2025-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
• 2025-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2025-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
• 2025-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
• 2025-03-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
• 2025-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Housing Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-03-19 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Housing Committee; 010-005-000
• 2025-03-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
• 2025-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
• 2025-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel
• 2025-03-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dagmara Avelar amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2025-04-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2025-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Housing Committee
• 2025-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Housing Committee; 010-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
• 2025-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
• 2025-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado
• 2025-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2025-04-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
• 2025-04-10 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2025-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2025-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-038-000 passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
• 2025-04-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rick Ryan
• 2025-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2025-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
• 2025-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2025-04-14 Referred to Assignments
• 2025-04-29 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2025-05-02 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
• 2025-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
• 2025-05-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
• 2025-05-06 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
• 2025-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
• 2025-05-07 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-001-000
• 2025-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025 reading-2
• 2025-05-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
• 2025-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2025
• 2025-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 048-007-001 passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2025-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2025-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2026
• 2025-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0317 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad99db3b-f34a-42cf-bbf5-1d09644cde2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).