Illinois Senate Bill 771 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that no employer shall be required to pay temporary partial disability benefits to an employee who has been discharged for cause. Provides that, following a hearing, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission may reinstate the temporary partial benefits and retroactively restore any benefits the employer should have paid if it finds the employer's discharge of the employee was not for cause. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.

WORKERS COMP-MISCONDUCT

Sen. Kyle McCarter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-10	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2015-05-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015
2015-04-24	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2015
2015-03-27	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2015
2015-03-18	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (LA)
2015-02-11	Senate	Assigned to Labor
2015-02-04	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2015-02-04	Senate	First Reading
2015-02-04	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kyle McCarter

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
820	305	8	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=771&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB0771.htm