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type: "Bill"
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title: "GOVT TORT IMMUN-PATIENT CARE"
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description: "Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that no action for damages for injury or death arising out of patient care may be brought against a local entity or public employee more than 2 years (instead of one year) after the claimant knew or should have known of the injury or death, but in no event more than 4 years after the act alleged to have caused the injury or death. Applies to pending actions. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "93rd"
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identifier: "SB 616"
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citation: "Illinois SB 616 (93rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2003-02-18"
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last_action: "2003-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68eb3bba-2fba-43ce-a60a-d1831554278d"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=616&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3264&SessionID=3&GA=93"
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source_hash: "68e9bb3f62a2da1ad81de8e6a11a19441ad82b54ee057405a27ac1a4dbf3d7fc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 616 (93rd) — GOVT TORT IMMUN-PATIENT CARE
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Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that no action for damages for injury or death arising out of patient care may be brought against a local entity or public employee more than 2 years (instead of one year) after the claimant knew or should have known of the injury or death, but in no event more than 4 years after the act alleged to have caused the injury or death. Applies to pending actions. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0616&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3264&DocNum=616&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0616eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3264&DocNum=616&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0616enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=3264&DocNum=616&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **96–15** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **51–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dale A. Righter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2003-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale A. Righter `filing`
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- **2003-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-02-19** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
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- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-04** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
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- **2003-03-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2003
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- **2003-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2003
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- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 051-002-002 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-03-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
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- **2003-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-03-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
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- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-005-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2003-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 096-015-005 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-04-15** Passed Both Houses
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- **2003-04-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
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- **2003-04-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary K. O'Brien
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- **2003-04-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
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- **2003-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2003-06-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2003-06-04** Effective Date June 4, 2003
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- **2003-06-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0011 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68eb3bba-2fba-43ce-a60a-d1831554278d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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