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SB 2968 Illinois Senate · 94th Regular Session

GOOD SAMARITAN-1ST RESPONDERS

Summary
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides immunity against criminal liability, civil damages, or medical malpractice damages for any acts or omissions, for any physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all its branches or licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; any dental emergency responder; any licensed nurse; any licensed physicians assistant; any licensed EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, or EMT-Paramedic; and any First Responder who provides volunteer Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) services to any person or animal in any law enforcement incident or training situation, or any other law enforcement related situation, including disasters, in civil unrest, or methamphetamine lab interdiction.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2006
Committee Review
Mar 2006
Senate Passage
Apr 2006
House Passage
Apr 2006
Signed into Law
Jun 2006
Introduced Mar 2, 2006 Signed Jun 2, 2006
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2006 · House Apr 3, 2006

How they voted

48–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 49
Mar 2, 2006
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican23
22 Yea 1
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
64
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
6
Jun 2, 2006
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
Apr 3, 2006
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
Apr 3, 2006
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-8)
house
Mar 23, 2006
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000
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
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Cronin
upper
Mar 2, 2006
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-0-1)
senate
Mar 1, 2006
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
upper
Feb 28, 2006
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
upper
Feb 28, 2006
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 28, 2006
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Cronin
upper
Feb 15, 2006
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000
upper
Feb 14, 2006
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
upper
Feb 14, 2006
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
upper
Feb 10, 2006
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 10, 2006
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Cronin
upper
Feb 1, 2006
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Jan 20, 2006
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 14 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.