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type: "Bill"
title: "GOOD SAMARITAN-ENGINEERS"
description: "Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, civil engineer, or structural engineer who in good faith provides engineering services in response to a natural disaster or other catastrophic event shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing the engineering services, except for willful and wanton misconduct. Provides that the immunity applies to services that are provided during an emergency or within 90 days following the end of an emergency. Provides that the time may be extended by an executive order issued by the Governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1318"
citation: "Illinois HB 1318 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-09"
last_action: "2005-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bae5fb10-7d1b-465e-8ec7-70d9fbef522a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1318&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16075&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "97324dafba48765a20b48b119f77c465f74ca4044809449a909cac28cdc91ab2"
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 HB 1318 (94th) — GOOD SAMARITAN-ENGINEERS
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, civil engineer, or structural engineer who in good faith provides engineering services in response to a natural disaster or other catastrophic event shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing the engineering services, except for willful and wanton misconduct. Provides that the immunity applies to services that are provided during an emergency or within 90 days following the end of an emergency. Provides that the time may be extended by an executive order issued by the Governor.
## 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=09400HB1318&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16075&DocNum=1318&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1318eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16075&DocNum=1318&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1318enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16075&DocNum=1318&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `filing`
- **2005-02-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-02-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2005-02-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2005-02-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2005-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0290 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bae5fb10-7d1b-465e-8ec7-70d9fbef522a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).