Illinois Senate Bill 1440 (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 in relation to class actions. Adds additional requirements concerning: prerequisites to the maintenance of a class action (including provisions that a class action may be certified only if: the plurality of the class members are residents of Illinois or if the plurality of the class members were physically in Illinois when the cause of action arose; and a class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy); where a class action may be brought; preliminary determinations to be made by the court; notice to the class; coupon and other noncash settlements; loss by class members under a proposed settlement; and attorney's fees.

CIV PRO-CLASS ACTIONS

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	2-801	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-802	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-803	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-808	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	2-809	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	2-810	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1440&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1440.htm