---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOOD SAMARITANS-MEDICAL CLINIC"
description: "Amends the Good Samaritan Act. To the definition of \"free medical clinic\", adds programs organized by a certified local health department utilizing members of the federal Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, at which the care provided does not include an overnight stay in a health-care facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1498"
citation: "Illinois SB 1498 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f16be1e-b66a-48bb-bd72-72bf4796c3c7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1498&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88133&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "d7ad52b1ebc8f627d5d6f0675b44326ebf124be7a12e2dd6b617e7552bf06966"
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 SB 1498 (99th) — GOOD SAMARITANS-MEDICAL CLINIC

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. To the definition of "free medical clinic", adds programs organized by a certified local health department utilizing members of the federal Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, at which the care provided does not include an overnight stay in a health-care facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1498&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88133&DocNum=1498&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1498eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88133&DocNum=1498&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1498enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88133&DocNum=1498&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2015-03-03** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2015-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2015-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2015
- **2015-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2015
- **2015-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2015-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-14** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0042 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f16be1e-b66a-48bb-bd72-72bf4796c3c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).