DOMESTIC-ECONOMIC ABUSE House SponsorsRep. Joyce Mason 1/10/2023HouseSession Sine Die 725 ILCS 5/112A-3from Ch. 38, par. 112A-3750 ILCS 60/103from Ch. 40, par. 2311-3750 ILCS 60/Art. V heading new750 ILCS 60/501 new Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 and the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Includes economic or financial abuse in the definition of "abuse". Defines "economic or financial abuse" as controlling a person's access to economic or financial resources in a way that forces him or her to depend on the person controlling the economic or financial resources. Provides that if a victim of domestic abuse provides documentation to a debt collector that the debt or any portion of the debt is the result of economic abuse, the debt collector shall cease collection of the debt or any disputed portion of the debt owed by the consumer subjected to economic abuse. 2/19/2021HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason 2/22/2021HouseFirst Reading 2/22/2021HouseReferred to Rules Committee 3/16/2021HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee 3/21/2021HouseTo Sentencing, Penalties and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee 3/27/2021HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/10/2023HouseSession Sine Die