---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOOD SAMARITAN-DENTISTS; SHOTS"
description: "Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a dentist who administers vaccinations as provided in the Illinois Dental Practice Act at a public health clinic operated pursuant to the Public Health District Act, without charge to the patient or the receipt of a fee or compensation from that clinic, shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing vaccinations, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Makes a corresponding change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 751"
citation: "Illinois SB 751 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59254135-91b3-4833-9418-2d4f688a957c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=751&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=85900&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "63b364c26075f6e57403a3319ff03b4c4eb3c2516e948f8e05e131bdafe0c2f8"
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 751 (99th) — GOOD SAMARITAN-DENTISTS; SHOTS

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a dentist who administers vaccinations as provided in the Illinois Dental Practice Act at a public health clinic operated pursuant to the Public Health District Act, without charge to the patient or the receipt of a fee or compensation from that clinic, shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing vaccinations, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Makes a corresponding change.

## 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=09900SB0751&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85900&DocNum=751&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0751eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85900&DocNum=751&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0751enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=85900&DocNum=751&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael E. Hastings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings `filing`
- **2015-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-11** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2015
- **2015-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2015
- **2015-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
- **2015-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** 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
- **2015-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0092 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59254135-91b3-4833-9418-2d4f688a957c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).