Illinois House Bill 4246 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on July 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-09 - Referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Deletes a provision authorizing an action to be commenced in any county when all defendants are nonresidents of this State. Limits venue for actions against corporations, partnerships, and insurance companies. Provides that in actions in which no party is a resident of this State and over which another forum has jurisdiction, the court shall, upon motion, dismiss the action subject to specified conditions. Provides that joint and several liability attaches when a defendant is found to be 50%, rather than 25%, at fault. Limits amounts recovered for medical care, treatment, or services and caretaking expenses to the amounts actually paid for those expenses regardless of the amounts initially billed.

CIV PRO-VENUE; TORT LIABILITY

Rep. James Durkin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2015-07-09	House	First Reading
2015-07-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	2-101	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-102	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-103	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-110	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	2-1107.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-1117	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-1205.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4246&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB4246.htm