Illinois Senate Bill 1442 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
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
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-05	Senate	To Subcommittee on Tort Reform
2019-02-20	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2019-02-13	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-13	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-13	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1442&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1442.htm