Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 5796 — CIV PRO-PRODUCT LIABILITY

Last action — Session Sine Die

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 96th Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Re-enacts and changes various provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to product liability actions that were added by Public Act 89-7, which was held to be void in its entirety by the Illinois Supreme Court in Best v. Taylor Machine Works, 179 Ill. 2d 367 (1997). Effective immediately.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Motion to Sustain the Chair - Prevailed 068-048-000

  3. Shall the Chair be Sustained

  4. Appeal Ruling of Chair Rep. William B. Black

  5. Motion Discharge Committee Lost

  6. Chair Rules Motion Lost

  7. Objects to Motion Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

  8. Motion Filed to Discharge Rules Committee Rep. William B. Black

  9. Referred to Rules Committee

  10. First Reading

  11. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Stephens

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Failed 68 Yea · 48 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13000
Unaffiliated 544502
Republican 1300
Total 684802
% of votes cast 58%41%0%2%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Holbrook — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Leitch — Nay
Howard — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McAuliffe — Nay
Moffitt — Nay
Myers — Nay
Senger — Nay
Sommer — Nay
Brady — Nay
Tryon — Nay
Wait — Nay
Sullivan — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Winters — Nay
Yarbrough — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Watson — Nay
Mitchell, Jerry — Not Voting
Cavaletto — Nay
Coladipietro — Nay
Cole — Nay
Connelly — Nay
Coulson — Nay
Cross — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Durkin — Nay
Eddy — Nay
Fortner — Nay
Franks — Not Voting
Fritchey — Nay
Hatcher — Nay
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Nay
Lang — Yea
May — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mell — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Sente — Yea
Soto — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Washington — Yea
Bradley — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon, Careen — Yea
Gordon, Jehan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Carberry — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Golar — Yea
Osmond — Nay
Osterman — Yea
Pihos — Nay
Poe — Nay
Pritchard — Nay
Ramey — Nay
Reboletti — Nay
Reis — Nay
Riley — Yea
Sacia — Nay
Saviano — Nay
Schmitz — Nay
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Nay
Beaubien — Nay
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Nay
Mathias — Nay
Berrios — Yea
Biggins — Nay
Mautino — Yea
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
Bost — Nay
Brauer — Nay
Burns — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Flider — Yea
Mulligan — Nay
Froehlich — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mark L. Walker Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 5796 do?
Re-enacts and changes various provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to product liability actions that were added by Public Act 89-7, which was held to be void in its entirety by the Illinois Supreme Court in Best v. Taylor Machine Works, 179 Ill. 2d 367 (1997). Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 5796?
HB 5796 is sponsored by Brad Stephens (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 5796?
This bill died with 96th Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 5796?
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