Bill Sponsors: IL SB2946 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the prohibition on the recovery of punitive damages in a legal malpractice action includes damages sought as compensatory damages which were assessed against the legal malpractice plaintiff or failed to be obtained by the legal malpractice plaintiff.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2946 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Senator Jil Tracy [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-050FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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