Illinois Senate Bill 1503

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-04 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, if a petitioner's claim is contested and enters arbitration proceedings, the Arbitrator shall include in its award pre-award interest at the rate of 6% per annum to a prevailing petitioner from the date of the contested injury, provided that no interest shall accrue if, within 12 months after the date of the injury, the respondent concedes that the claim is compensable. Provides that the non-prevailing party is responsible for any costs incurred in deposing a medical practitioner. Provides that all attorney's fees for representation of an employee or the employee's dependents shall be the responsibility of the non-prevailing employer (rather than only recoverable from compensation actually paid to such employee or dependents). Provides that, within 60 days after receipt of service of notice of preliminary proceedings before an Arbitrator, an employer shall disclose documents sufficient to calculate a petitioner's average weekly wage

WORK COMP-COSTS AND FEES

Sen. Michael Halpin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2025-02-04	Senate	First Reading
2025-02-04	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
820	305	16	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	16a	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	19	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	8	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1503&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=160124&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=199912&DocName=10400SB1503&DocNum=1503&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=160124&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=