SB 257

Abstract

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Deletes language providing that: all counseling sessions shall be confidential; and communications in counseling shall not be used in any manner in litigation nor relied upon by any expert appointed by the court or retained by any party. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following change: Provides that court-ordered counseling is subject to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 750 ILCS 5/607.6 Adds reference to: 750 ILCS 5/103 from Ch. 40, par. 103 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning jury trials. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 750 ILCS 5/103 from Ch. 40, par. 103 Adds reference to: 430 ILCS 65/1.1 from Ch. 38, par. 83-1.1 725 ILCS 5/112A-4.5 725 ILCS 5/112A-23 from Ch. 38, par. 112A-23 725 ILCS 5/112A-28 from Ch. 38, par. 112A-28 750 ILCS 60/222.5 750 ILCS 60/223 from Ch. 40, par. 2312-23 750 ILCS 60/302 from Ch. 40, par. 2313-2 820 ILCS 180/20 820 ILCS 180/30 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes the definition of "protective order" to include substantially similar protective orders issued by the court of another state, tribe, or United States territory or military tribunal. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a petition for a civil no contact order or a petition for a stalking no contact order may be filed by a service member of the Illinois National Guard or any reserve military component serving within the State who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct who has also received a Military Protective Order or the Staff Judge Advocate of the Illinois National Guard or any reserve military component serving in the State on behalf of a named victim who is a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct who has also received a Military Protective Order. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Requires the Illinois National Guard to file a certified copy of any military order of protection with the clerk of the court in a judicial circuit in which the person entitled to protection resides or if the person entitled to protection is not a State resident, in a judicial circuit in which it is believed that enforcement may be necessary. Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that an employer shall not fail to hire, refuse to hire, discharge, constructively discharge, or harass any individual, otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment of the individual, or retaliate against an individual in any form or manner, and a public agency shall not deny, reduce, or terminate the benefits of, otherwise sanction, or harass any individual, otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to the amount, terms, or conditions of public assistance of the individual, or retaliate against an individual in any form or manner, because the individual involved attended, participated in, prepared for, requested leave to attend, participate in, or prepare for a court-martial or nonjudicial punishment proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Code of Military Justice relating to an incident of domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence, or any criminal violence of which the individual or a family or household member of the individual was a victim, or requested or took leave for any other reason. Effective immediately.