Bill Sponsors: IL SB0230 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides limitations upon a nonexpert's opinion or inference testimony. Sets forth requirements regarding: qualifications, testimony, disclosure, and compensation of expert witnesses; bases of expert opinion testimony; limitations on expert testimony; pretrial hearings and disclosures concerning expert witnesses; precedents to be followed in interpreting the new provisions; interlocutory appeals of rulings on the admissibility of expert evidence; standards to be followed by reviewing courts in determining the admissibility of expert testimony; and severability. Provides that the new provisions apply to actions commenced on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and pending actions in which a trial has not been scheduled or in which a trial has been scheduled more than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Assignments [SB0230 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Referred to Assignments [SB0230 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Senator Jil Tracy [R] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-050 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |