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Bill	FALSE CLAIMS ACT-PENALTIES	Amends the Illinois False Claims Act. Provides that a person who commits certain acts is liable to the State for a civil penalty of not less than the minimum amount and not more than the maximum amount allowed for a civil penalty for a violation of the federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq.) as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461) (instead of a penalty of not less than $5,500 and not more than $11,000). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 1577	Illinois SB 1577 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	49	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5a9f7afc-0a51-4d34-9c0b-3597a43e70fe	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1577&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104225&SessionID=91&GA=100	3e53c829cd87ed35b8d4bc8dfcf798ad7aa6b80a2c6cd29acd639b386aae2176	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1577 (100th) — FALSE CLAIMS ACT-PENALTIES

Amends the Illinois False Claims Act. Provides that a person who commits certain acts is liable to the State for a civil penalty of not less than the minimum amount and not more than the maximum amount allowed for a civil penalty for a violation of the federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq.) as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461) (instead of a penalty of not less than $5,500 and not more than $11,000). Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Postponed - Human Services
• 2017-03-15 Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2017
• 2017-03-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2017-03-15 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2017-03-17 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
• 2017-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
• 2017-04-05 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2017-04-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2017-04-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2017-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
• 2017-04-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2017-04-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2017-04-28 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-12 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2017-05-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Human Services
• 2017-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 006-000-000
• 2017-05-16 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Morrison amendment-passage
• 2017-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2017-05-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2017-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2017-05-16 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-17 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
• 2017-05-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-18 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-19 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
• 2017-05-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-26 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
• 2017-05-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2017
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0452 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a9f7afc-0a51-4d34-9c0b-3597a43e70fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).