Amends the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Requires dismissal of a complaint in its entirety against all defendants if the complaint names a defendant who is a minor at the time of filing or was a minor at the time that the lease agreement at issue was entered. Provides that such an action shall be immediately sealed. Provides that, in addition to any other remedies available to the minor, a minor named as a defendant in violation of the Act is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees, actual damages, and liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits a party from refiling an action against any defendants who otherwise may be properly named. Provides that, upon dismissing the case, the court may not waive any fees associated with refiling the action against defendants otherwise properly named.
House Committee Amendment No. 1: Deletes provisions that if a complaint names a defendant who was a minor at the time that the lease agreement at issue was entered into shall be dismissed in its entirety against all defendants.
House Floor Amendment No. 2: Requires that a minor be willfully and wantonly named as a defendant in violation of the Act before the minor is entitled to reasonable attorney fees, actual damages, and liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 735 ILCS 5/9
Engrossed: 735 ILCS 5/9
Enrolled: 735 ILCS 5/9