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type: "Bill"
title: "HEALING ART MALPRACTICE-REPEAL"
description: "Amends the Civil Practice Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Repeals provisions regarding: election for periodic payment; special findings required; calculation of future damages; basis for determining judgment to be entered; payment of periodic installment obligations; form of security; posting and maintaining security; equivalent lump sum value; effect of death; liability insurance policy limits; assignment of periodic installments; exemption of benefits; settlement agreements and consent judgments; satisfaction of judgments; and duties of Director of Insurance. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1571"
citation: "Illinois SB 1571 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e211b256-3836-459d-a9b7-ec9d847d2045"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1571&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118572&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "829cf354fe85bded7907a0fc98d72dfa51d0f15bdf3f42675aede17025c1b48b"
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 1571 (101st) — HEALING ART MALPRACTICE-REPEAL
Amends the Civil Practice Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Repeals provisions regarding: election for periodic payment; special findings required; calculation of future damages; basis for determining judgment to be entered; payment of periodic installment obligations; form of security; posting and maintaining security; equivalent lump sum value; effect of death; liability insurance policy limits; assignment of periodic installments; exemption of benefits; settlement agreements and consent judgments; satisfaction of judgments; and duties of Director of Insurance. Effective immediately.
## 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=10100SB1571&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118572&DocNum=1571&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1571eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118572&DocNum=1571&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1571enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118572&DocNum=1571&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2019
- **2019-03-06** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2019-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** To Civil Procedure Subcommittee
- **2019-05-08** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2019-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2019
- **2019-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0404 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e211b256-3836-459d-a9b7-ec9d847d2045`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).