Illinois House Bill 164 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-04 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Deletes a provision authorizing an action to be commenced in any county if all defendants are nonresidents of this State. Limits venue for actions against corporations, partnerships, and insurance companies. Provides that in actions in which no party is a resident of this State and over which another forum has jurisdiction, the court shall, upon motion, dismiss the action subject to specified conditions. Provides that joint and several liability attaches when a defendant is found to be 50%, rather than 25%, at fault. Limits amounts recovered for medical care, treatment, or services and caretaking expenses to the amounts actually paid for those expenses regardless of the amounts initially billed.

CIV PRO-VENUE; TORT LIABILITY

Sen. Thomas Bennett [R]

Rep. Charles Meier [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-04	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-08	House	To Tort Liability Subcommittee
2019-01-29	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-09	House	First Reading
2018-12-14	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
735	5	2-101	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-102	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-103	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-110	New Code	See Bill Text
735	5	2-1107.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-1117	Amended Code	Citation Text
735	5	2-1205.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=164&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0164.htm