Illinois Senate Bill 2891 (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]

Creates the Transparency in Lawsuits Protection Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to ensure that any Act enacted in the State shall not create a private right of action unless such a right is expressly stated in that Act. Provides that any Act enacted in the State creating a private right of action shall contain express language providing for such a right and that courts shall not construe a statute to imply a private right of action in the absence of such express language. Provides that the Act 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
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2024-04-19	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2024-04-12	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
2024-04-05	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2024
2024-03-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
2024-02-21	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues
2024-02-06	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2024-01-24	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2024-01-24	Senate	First Reading
2024-01-24	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2891&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2891.htm