Bill Text: IL HB0219 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that an action under the Act may be filed to recover punitive damages. Provides that punitive damages are not available in actions against the State or an employee of the State in his or her official capacity. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that actions for punitive damages for an injury to the person survive. Provides that punitive damages are not available in actions against the State or an employee of the State in his or her official capacity. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0514 [HB0219 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB0219-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0219 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 35/1
Amends the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
LRB103 03743 LNS 48749 b
A BILL FOR
HB0219 LRB103 03743 LNS 48749 b
AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Uniform Interstate Depositions and
Discovery Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(735 ILCS 35/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the the
Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-79, eff. 1-1-16.)