IL SB2948 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-19 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-19 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides limitations upon a nonexpert'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.
Title
CIV PRO-TESTIMONY RELIABILITY
Sponsors
| Sen. Jil Tracy [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 735 | 5 | 8-3001 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3002 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3003 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3004 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3005 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3006 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3007 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3008 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3009 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | 8-3010 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 735 | 5 | Art. VIII Pt. 30 | New Code | See Bill Text |
Illinois State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2948&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103 |
| Text | https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2948.htm |
