The following actions were taken on May 22 in the House on House bill HB2437 (“domestic-economic abuse”): “Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading – Short Debate” and “Second Reading – Short Debate”.
The bill, as it was introduced in the House by Rep. Mary E. Flowers (D-31) on Feb. 13, “amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 and the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963” and “includes economic or financial abuse in the definition of “abuse”,” according to the General Assembly website.
The following house representatives also co-sponsored the bill: Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14), Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-92), LaToya Greenwood (D-114), Camille Y. Lilly (D-78), Joyce Mason (D-61), Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D-5) and Anne Stava-Murray (D-81).
The table below shows a history of actions for this bill through May 22.
