DOM VIOLENCE-ORDERS House SponsorsRep. Will Guzzardi 3/19/2026HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 725 ILCS 5/112A-11.5750 ILCS 60/201from Ch. 40, par. 2312-1 Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a petitioner may not be denied a protective order because the petitioner or the respondent is a minor or solely upon the basis that the respondent or petitioner is incarcerated in a penal institution at the time of the issuance of the order. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that a petition for an order of protection may be filed by: (i) a crime victim who was abused by an family or household member before the incarceration of the offender in a penal institution, and the offender is incarcerated in a penal institution at the time of the filing of the petition; or (ii) any person who has previously suffered abuse by a family or household member convicted of domestic battery, aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery; any other offense that would constitute domestic violence; or a violent crime as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act committed against another person. Effective immediately. 2/2/2026HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi 2/6/2026HouseFirst Reading 2/6/2026HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/24/2026HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee 3/18/2026HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 3/19/2026HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate