The Illinois Vehicle Code was amended to require the secretary of state to implement an electronic lien and title system. Pursuant to section 3-100.1, by July 1, 2021, the secretary of state must “implement, manage, and administer” an electronic lien and title system that will permit a lienholder to “perfect, assign, and release” a lien under the Vehicle Code.

On May 12, 2020, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court reversed the judgment of the Peoria County Circuit Court by holding that a defendant’s postconviction petition cannot be dismissed where newly discovered evidence shows that an eyewitness’s self-interested testimony may have materially affected the outcome of the trial.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Property Tax Code to amend application procedures for the senior citizens homestead exemption.

The School Code now requires each school district to create, maintain, and implement an age-appropriate policy on sexual harassment.

The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted a new Part titled Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, addressing the process to be implemented when ties exist for the last cannabis licenses available in a particular Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) region.

More than two years after a judgment of dissolution was entered, a wife filed a petition under 735 ILCS 5/2-1401 to set aside a marital settlement agreement and to vacate the decree or, alternatively, to reset maintenance to the date of dissolution.

The General Assembly amended the State Finance Act to create the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (State CURE) Fund as a federal trust fund within the Office of the Illinois State Treasurer.

In a new provision of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is directed to develop a process for distributing pandemic-related “stability payments” to healthcare entities providing care to Medical Assistance Program recipients.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Borrowing (CURE Borrowing) Act.

On Oct. 18, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court vacated a defendant’s conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a member of a street gang.

On Oct. 18, 2019, the First District Court of Appeals declined to reverse a defendant’s conviction for being an armed habitual criminal.

On Oct. 21, 2019, the First District Court of Appeals found that an action brought by former football players against a helmet manufacturer was barred by the statute of limitations.

The defendant challenged a flat statutory prohibition on accessing social-media websites as a condition of probation to be overbroad and facially unconstitutional.

The plaintiff filed suit against the defendant under the Domestic Animals Running at Large Act.

On July 13, 2020, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court found that a defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel due to failure to request a DNA test.

On May 21, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court was forced to dismiss a labor-related appeal after a justice recused himself and the remaining justices were unable to secure the four-judge majority constitutionally required to issue a decision.