Illinois Senate Bill 1437 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides limitations upon a non-expert's opinion or inference testimony. Sets forth requirements regarding: qualifications, testimony, disclosure, and compensation of expert witnesses; bases of expert opinion testimony; limitations on expert testimony; pretrial hearings and disclosures concerning expert witnesses; precedents to be followed in interpreting the new provisions; interlocutory appeals of rulings on the admissibility of expert evidence; standards to be followed by reviewing courts in determining the admissibility of expert testimony; and severability. Provides that the new provisions apply to actions commenced on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and pending actions in which a trial has not been scheduled or in which a trial has been scheduled more than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

CIV PRO-TESTIMONY RELIABILITY

Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Sen. Jason Barickman [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-01-27	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
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

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	8-2901	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2902	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2903	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2904	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2905	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2906	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2907	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2908	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2909	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	8-2910	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	Art. VIII Pt. 29	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1437&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1437.htm