Illinois Senate Bill 230 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides limitations upon a nonexpert's opinion or inference testimony. Sets forth requirements regarding: qualifications, testimony, disclosure, and compensation of expert witnesses; bases of expert opinion testimony; limitations on expert testimony; pretrial hearings and disclosures concerning expert witnesses; precedents to be followed in interpreting the new provisions; interlocutory appeals of rulings on the admissibility of expert evidence; standards to be followed by reviewing courts in determining the admissibility of expert testimony; and severability. Provides that the new provisions apply to actions commenced on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and pending actions in which a trial has not been scheduled or in which a trial has been scheduled more than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

CIV PRO-TESTIMONY RELIABILITY

Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2023-01-31	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-01-31	Senate	First Reading
2023-01-31	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	8-3001	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3002	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3003	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3004	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3005	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3006	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3007	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3008	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3009	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-3010	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	Art. VIII Pt. 30	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=230&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB0230.htm