Illinois Senate Bill 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Transparency in Lawsuits Protection Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to ensure that any Act, regulatory or otherwise, enacted in this State shall not create a private right of action unless such a right is expressly stated in the Act. Provides that any Act enacted in this State creating a private right of action shall contain express language providing for such a right and that courts of this State shall not construe a statute to imply a private right of action in the absence of such express language. Applies to any action that has not yet been initiated or is pending on the effective date of the Act. Effective immediately.

TRANSPARENCY LAWSUITS PROTECT

Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-10	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2022-01-18	Senate	To Judiciary- Torts
2022-01-05	Senate	Re-assigned to Judiciary
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-03-03	Senate	To Judiciary- Torts
2021-02-17	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2021-02-03	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-03	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-03	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=79&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0079.htm