# Illinois HB4075: CIVIL PROCEDURE-NAME CHANGE Illinois HB4075, CIVIL PROCEDURE-NAME CHANGE, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed house, last action 2026-04-21 (Referred to Assignments) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4075-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB4075 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: CIVIL PROCEDURE-NAME CHANGE - Status: passed house - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-06-06 - Last action: 2026-04-21, Referred to Assignments - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: judiciary - civil, assignments - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (89 yes, 48 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Name Change Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that for a petition for name change by a person who is required to register under Sex Offender Registration Act, the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, or the Arsonist Registration Act and not yet pardoned, if the petition alleges that it is sought because of marriage, religious beliefs, status as a victim of trafficking or gender-related identity, the court may grant or deny the petition after making a determination based on certain factors. Provides that any denial of a name change to these individuals must be in writing demonstrating the reasons for the denial. Provides that a person who has been convicted as an adult of a felony offense and whose sentence has not been completed, terminated, or discharged is not permitted to file a petition for a name change unless pardoned for the offense. Provides that the State's Attorney may file an objection to the petition within 30 days of being served if the petitioner has been convicted of and not been pardoned or has a pending case for any of the these enumerated charges: identity theft, aggravated identity theft, felony or misdemeanor criminal sexual abuse if the victim of the offense at the time of its commission is under 18 years of age, felony or misdemeanor sexual exploitation of a child, felony or misdemeanor indecent solicitation of a child, or felony or misdemeanor indecent solicitation of an adult. Provides the same opportunity to object if the petitioner has any pending charge that would require compliance, if convicted, with the Sex Offender Registration Act, the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, or the Arsonist Registry Act. Provides those objections must be in writing, filed with the circuit court clerk, served upon the petitioner, and state with specificity the basis of the objection, including, but not limited to, any evidence of specific intent for requesting the name change and any specific and detailed facts demonstrating that any potential risk to another individual or group would outweigh any potential harm or negative impact to the individual making the request for the name change. Makes other changes. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Anna Moeller (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Carol Ammons (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kelly M. Cassidy (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kevin John Olickal (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lindsey LaPointe (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Robert Peters (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-16 | House | Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed | pass | 65 | 35 | | | 2026-04-16 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; | pass | 11 | 7 | | | 2026-03-25 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; | pass | 13 | 6 | | ## Actions (25) - 2026-04-21: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-21: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 065-035-000 (House) - 2026-04-16: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate (House) - 2026-04-16: Chair Rules Standard Debate (House) - 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-007-000 (House) - 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (House) - 2026-04-10: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-10: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal (House) - 2026-04-08: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons (House) - 2026-04-02: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-25: Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-006-000 (House) - 2026-02-17: Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2025-10-15: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-10-15: First Reading (House) - 2025-06-06: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4075eng.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4075ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4075.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4075eng.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4075ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4075.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4075-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).