Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 2287 — SAFE HOMES-INFO DISCLOSE PNLTY

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0999

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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2008. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    0 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Safe Homes Act. Provides that a landlord may not disclose to others that a tenant or a member of the tenant's household exercised rights under the Act or any information provided by them to the landlord under the Act, except in civil proceedings or when the tenant or a member of the tenant's household who is the victim waives this restriction. Provides that furnishing evidence to support a claim of domestic or sexual violence against a tenant or a household member shall not waive any confidentiality or privilege that may exist between the victim and a third party. Provides that certain remedies available to a landlord or tenant are the sole and exclusive remedies for violations of the lock-change provisions of the Act (instead of providing that those remedies provided to a landlord or tenant are "sole and exclusive" without regard to the type of violation). Provides that a landlord who violates these provisions by disclosing confidential information is liable for damages resulting from the disclosure or $2,000, whichever is greater, along with attorney's fees and costs. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

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7 added · 7 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill SB 2287 changes the way damages are calculated for tenants whose information has been improperly disclosed. Previously, landlords could be liable for either actual damages or a flat amount of $2,000, whichever was greater. Now, they can only be held liable for actual damages up to $2,000. This change simplifies the penalty for landlords and ensures that tenants are compensated more directly based on their actual losses, which could better reflect their individual situations.

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SB2287 Engrossed LRB095 18768 AJO 44891 b AN ACT concerning civil law.
SB2287 Enrolled LRB095 18768 AJO 44891 b AN ACT concerning civil law.
SB2287 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 18768 AJO 44891 b (b-1) A landlord who changes the locks and does not make a good faith effort to provide a copy of a key to the tenant within 48 hours of the landlord changing the locks shall be liable for any damages to the tenant incurred as a result of not having access to his or her unit.
SB2287 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 18768 AJO 44891 b (b-1) A landlord who changes the locks and does not make a good faith effort to provide a copy of a key to the tenant within 48 hours of the landlord changing the locks shall be liable for any damages to the tenant incurred as a result of not having access to his or her unit.
(d) Furnishing evidence to support a claim of domestic or SB2287 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 18768 AJO 44891 b sexual violence against a tenant or a member of tenant’s household pursuant to Section 15 or 20 shall not waive any confidentiality or privilege that may exist between the victim of domestic or sexual violence and a third party.
(d) Furnishing evidence to support a claim of domestic or SB2287 Enrolled - 3 - LRB095 18768 AJO 44891 b sexual violence against a tenant or a member of tenant’s household pursuant to Section 15 or 20 shall not waive any confidentiality or privilege that may exist between the victim of domestic or sexual violence and a third party.
A landlord who, in violation of Section 27, discloses that a tenant has exercised his or her rights under the Act, or discloses any information provided by the tenant in exercising those rights, shall be liable for any damages resulting from the disclosure or $2,000, whichever is greater.
A landlord who, in violation of Section 27, discloses that a tenant has exercised his or her rights under the Act, or discloses any information provided by the tenant in exercising those rights, shall be liable for actual damages up to $2,000 resulting from the disclosure.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0999

  2. Effective Date October 6, 2008

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 041-000-000

  7. 3/5 Vote Required

  8. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

  9. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 010-000-000

  10. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary Criminal Law

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-July 10, 2008

  12. Approved for Consideration Rules

  13. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  14. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Kwame Raoul

  15. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules

  16. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 31, 2008

  17. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  18. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-025-005

  19. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington

  20. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  21. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote

  22. Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate

  23. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

  24. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000

  25. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  26. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner

  27. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008

  28. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  29. Second Reading - Short Debate

  30. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  31. Do Pass / Short Debate Housing and Urban Development Committee; 006-000-002

  32. Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008

  33. Assigned to Housing and Urban Development Committee

  34. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

  35. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz

  36. Referred to Rules Committee

  37. First Reading

  38. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner

  39. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  40. Arrived in House

  41. Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000

  42. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  43. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 17, 2008

  44. Second Reading

  45. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy

  46. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau

  47. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  48. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

  49. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans

  50. Sponsor Removed Sen. Heather Steans

  51. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans

  52. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  53. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008

  54. Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Civil Law; 010-000-000

  55. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  56. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law

  57. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  58. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul

  59. Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law

  60. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  61. Referred to Rules

  62. First Reading

  63. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul

Sponsors

  • Kwame Raoul · Cosponsor
  • Elaine Nekritz · Cosponsor
  • Eddie Washington · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (3)

  • Kwame Raoul
  • Elaine Nekritz
  • Eddie Washington

Not signed on (180)

180 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence, Amendment 1

Passed 41 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 320017
Democrat 8001
Republican 1000
Total 410018
% of votes cast 69%0%0%31%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Not Voting
Lauzen — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Link — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Brady — Yea
Meeks — Not Voting
Millner — Yea
Noland — Not Voting
Sullivan — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Not Voting
Steans — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Not Voting
Wilhelmi — Yea
Munoz — Not Voting
Cullerton — Not Voting
Jacobs — Not Voting
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Not Voting
DeLeo — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Not Voting
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Not Voting
Hendon — Not Voting
Hultgren — Yea
Kotowski — Not Voting
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Not Voting
Sandoval — Not Voting
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Not Voting
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Not Voting
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 84 Yea · 25 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 742407
Democrat 7002
Republican 3100
Total 842509
% of votes cast 71%21%0%8%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Graham — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Myers — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferies — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Flider — Yea
Leitch — Nay
Madigan — Yea
McAuliffe — Nay
McGuire — Yea
McCarthy — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Schock — Nay
Scully — Yea
Howard — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Washington — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Eddy — Nay
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Nay
Brady — Nay
Mitchell, Jerry — Nay
Osterman — Not Voting
Watson — Not Voting
Poe — Nay
Turner — Not Voting
Winters — Nay
Coladipietro — Nay
Cole — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Dugan — Not Voting
Jefferson — Not Voting
Kosel — Nay
Osmond — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Nay
Reboletti — Nay
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Nay
Schmitz — Nay
Sommer — Nay
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Nay
Biggins — Yea
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Nay
Brauer — Nay
Brosnahan — Not Voting
Moffitt — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Fortner — Nay
Froehlich — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Not Voting
Fred Crespo Democrat Not Voting
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Not Voting
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 54 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 45004
Democrat 9000
Republican 0001
Total 54005
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Brady — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Viverito — Not Voting
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Not Voting
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Not Voting
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Dahl — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2287 do?
Amends the Safe Homes Act. Provides that a landlord may not disclose to others that a tenant or a member of the tenant's household exercised rights under the Act or any information provided by them to the landlord under the Act, except in civil proceedings or when the tenant or a member of the tenant's household who is the victim waives this restriction. Provides that furnishing evidence to support a claim of domestic or sexual violence against a tenant or a household member shall not waive any confidentiality or privilege that may exist between the victim and a third party. Provides that certain remedies available to a landlord or tenant are the sole and exclusive remedies for violations of the lock-change provisions of the Act (instead of providing that those remedies provided to a landlord or tenant are "sole and exclusive" without regard to the type of violation). Provides that a landlord who violates these provisions by disclosing confidential information is liable for damages resulting from the disclosure or $2,000, whichever is greater, along with attorney's fees and costs. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 2287?
SB 2287 is sponsored by Kwame Raoul, Elaine Nekritz, and Eddie Washington.
What is the current status of SB 2287?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2008. Enacted.
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