Illinois Senate Bill 1888 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 20 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-06-27 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Re-referred to Assignments; Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b).
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure by adding a new Section. Provides that in civil litigation under any legal theory, execution of the judgment shall be stayed during appellate review upon the posting of a supersedeas bond set in accordance with law or court rules, except that the total supersedeas bond that is required of all appellants collectively shall not exceed $75,000,000, regardless of the judgment amount. Provides that if an appellee proves that an appellant is dissipating assets outside the ordinary course of business to avoid payment of a judgment, a court may require the appellant to post a supersedeas bond in an amount up to the total judgment amount. Effective immediately.

CIV-SUPERSEDEAS BOND

Sen. Kirk Dillard [R]

Sen. Don Harmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-06-27		Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Re-referred to Assignments; Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b).
2010-06-27		Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2010-05-06		Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Executive
2010-05-05		Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
2010-05-05		Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2010-05-05		Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
2010-03-26		Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 15, 2010
2010-03-19		Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As March 26, 2010
2010-02-16		Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 17, 2010
2010-02-16		Approved for Consideration Assignments
2009-08-15		Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2009-04-30		Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2009
2009-04-30		Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2009
2009-04-03		Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2009
2009-03-30		Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
2009-03-30		Second Reading
2009-03-11		Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
2009-03-11		Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
2009-03-11		Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 011-000-000
2009-03-10		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2009-03-10		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
2009-03-10		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2009-03-10		Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon
2009-03-04		Assigned to Judiciary
2009-02-20		Referred to Assignments
2009-02-20		First Reading
2009-02-20		Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1888&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=76&GA=96
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/09600SB1888.htm