GOOD SAMARITAN ACT-FIRST AID
Summary
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who is certified in first aid or has completed a course of instruction in first aid, who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in providing the care, be liable to a person to whom such care is provided for civil damages. Effective July 1, 2006.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2006
Committee Review
Mar 2006
Senate Passage
Mar 2006
House Passage
Mar 2006
Signed into Law
Jun 2006
Introduced Mar 2, 2006
Signed Jun 2, 2006
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2006 · House Mar 29, 2006
How they voted
52–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 54
Mar 2, 2006
D
Democratic28
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Jun 2, 2006
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
Mar 29, 2006
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
Mar 29, 2006
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (111-0-4)
house
Mar 23, 2006
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000
lower
Mar 8, 2006
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
lower
Mar 2, 2006
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 2, 2006
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 2, 2006
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (52-0-2)
senate
Mar 1, 2006
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Burzynski
upper
Mar 1, 2006
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 007-000-000
upper
Feb 28, 2006
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
upper
Feb 23, 2006
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 23, 2006
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
upper
Feb 8, 2006
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000
upper
Jan 19, 2006
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Jan 12, 2006
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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