Illinois Senate Bill 726 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - 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
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-02-16	Senate	To Subcommittee on Tort Reform
2017-02-08	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
2017-01-30	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-01-30	Senate	First Reading
2017-01-30	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=726&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB0726.htm