On Sept. 3, 2020, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a trial court’s judgment in a decades-old murder case against evidentiary objections.
The General Assembly amended the Electronic Commerce Security Act to allow notarial and witnessing acts to be performed through “two-way audio-video communication technology that allows for direct contemporaneous interaction by sight and sound between the individual signing the document, the witness and the notary public.”
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services adopted amendments that require a birth parent or parents who desire postadoption contact to disclose such a request to prospective adoptive parents.
The State Board of Education adopted amendments to the Part titled Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision, replacing the emergency rules previously in effect.
The General Assembly established the Restore Illinois Collaborative Commission to address “the heightened need for collaboration between the legislative and executive branches” due to the economic impact from COVID-19.
The Secretary of State adopted amendments to the Part titled Procedures and Standards and Cancellation and the Part titled Revocation or Suspension of Licenses or Permits, providing protections for permittees holding restricted driving permits with breath alcohol ignition interlock devices (BAIID).
A husband executed a trust that gave his wife a power of appointment that was exercisable during her lifetime and allowed appointment to persons other than herself.
On Oct.18, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court found the statute against “revenge porn,” which criminalizes the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, to be constitutional. Charges under the law do not violate a person’s First Amendment rights.
On Oct. 22, 2019, the Third District Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a defendant’s conviction for solicitation of murder for hire and solicitation of murder.
The Department of Insurance adopted amendments to the Part titled Unfair Discrimination Based on Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or Marital Status, which is aimed at eliminating medical insurance discrimination.
The General Assembly amended the Secretary of State Act to allow the Illinois secretary of state to extend the expiration date of various state licenses and registrations, including driver’s and professional licenses.
