---
type: "Bill"
title: "WRONGFUL DEATH-REDUCED DAMAGES"
description: "WRONGFUL DEATH-REDUCED DAMAGES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 1771"
citation: "Illinois HB 1771 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afb456e9-5a59-479f-9d55-952937084dc5"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "c9044c179c7b0f2aa5a7d891405b2a4c2f606b38465777fc319b9ad62cfd0b6c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 1771 (91st) — WRONGFUL DEATH-REDUCED DAMAGES

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB1771LV.html)

## Sponsors

- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- HAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNSON,TIM — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- LIGHTFORD — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,JOHN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 006-001-002 HJUA
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED TURNER,JOHN
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED TURNER,JOHN
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JOHNSON,TIM
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR TURNER,JOHN
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ERWIN
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LANG
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 076-036-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-26
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LIGHTFORD
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-29
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-04
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-07-30
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0380

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afb456e9-5a59-479f-9d55-952937084dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).