HB 5787

Amends the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Orders of Protection Article of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that notice and service of a protective order or an order of protection shall be deemed to have been made upon a respondent if the respondent was personally present in open court at the time the presiding judge issued the order, even if the respondent did not remain personally present for the duration of the court hearing to hear all of the conditions set by the presiding judge under the order.