HB 245 Illinois House · 93rd Regular Session

WRK COMP-NEUTRAL FORCE

Summary

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that, for purposes of those Acts, "...an injury (or disease) arises out of the employment if the injury (or disease) would not have occurred but for the fact that the conditions or obligations of the employment placed the employee in the position where the employee was injured (or exposed to the disease) by a neutral force. A neutral force is a force that is neither personal to the employee nor distinctly associated with the employment." Effective immediately.

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2003

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2003 Last action Jan 11, 2005

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 13, 2003

Committee

Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

lower

Jan 29, 2003

Committee

Assigned to Labor Committee

lower

Jan 23, 2003

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

0 primary · 1 co-sponsor