CIV PRO-PRODUCT LIABILITY
Summary
Re-enacts and changes various provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to product liability actions that were added by Public Act 89-7, which was held to be void in its entirety by the Illinois Supreme Court in Best v. Taylor Machine Works, 179 Ill. 2d 367 (1997). Effective immediately.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2017
Last action Jan 9, 2019
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Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Mar 17, 2017
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
Feb 16, 2017
Upper · Passed
To Subcommittee on Tort Reform
upper
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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