Illinois HB5078 establishes a new legal framework to protect survivors of gender-based violence from retaliatory lawsuits.
Illinois HB5078, known as the Protect Survivors Reporting Act, creates a new Gender-Based Violence Article in the Code of Civil Procedure. This law aims to shield survivors of gender-based violence from retaliatory lawsuits, ensuring they can report incidents without fear of legal repercussions. The Act applies to any motion to dismiss a claim based on a survivor's report of gender-based violence. A court must dismiss such a claim unless the defendant proves the report was false or made with reckless disregard for its truth.
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