Mourns the death of Robert A. Hadank of Peoria.
Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
Sponsored bills
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Designates the section of Interstate 74 between the Murray Baker Bridge and the Sterling Avenue Exit in Peoria as the Ray LaHood Highway.
Mourns the death of Justin D'Wayne Williams, formerly of Peoria.
Mourns the death of Jazmyne JoAnn Harris.
Mourns the death of Eunice Marie Krans Leitch of Des Moines, Iowa, the mother of Illinois State Representative David Leitch.
Mourns the death of Gerald "Jerry" VanWinkle of Peoria.
Amends the Civil Practice Law of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in any civil action involving a claim for money damages, a release must be tendered by the settling defendants to the plaintiff within 14 days of an agreement to the settlement, and in cases where the law requires court approval of the settlement, the plaintiff shall timely obtain court approval and tender to the defendant a copy of the order approving the settlement. Provides that a settling defendant shall pay all sums due to a settling plaintiff within 21 days of tender by the settling plaintiff to the settling defendant of a duly executed release (and, if required by law, a copy of the order approving the settlement), and provides that upon failure to pay, interest, calculated from the date of the release, shall accrue on the amount of the settlement and shall be payable to the settling plaintiff. Provides that the plaintiff is entitled to judgment without further notice against any settling defendant who has not timely paid. Provides that the new provisions apply to all civil actions involving a claim for money damages. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a drug testing program.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Deletes provision that enhances the penalty for prostitution to a Class 4 felony if the offense is committed within 1,000 feet of real property comprising a school. Deletes provision that a second or subsequent prostitution violation, or any combination of convictions for prostitution and solicitation of a sexual act, promoting prostitution, promoting juvenile prostitution, soliciting for a prostitute, soliciting for a juvenile prostitute, pandering, keeping a place of prostitution, keeping a place of juvenile prostitution, patronizing a prostitute, patronizing a juvenile prostitute, pimping, juvenile pimping, aggravated juvenile pimping, or exploitation of a child, is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.