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Bill	GOOD SAMARITAN-1ST RESPONDERS	Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides immunity against criminal liability, civil damages, or medical malpractice damages for any acts or omissions, for any physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all its branches or licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; any dental emergency responder; any licensed nurse; any licensed physicians assistant; any licensed EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, or EMT-Paramedic; and any First Responder who provides volunteer Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) services to any person or animal in any law enforcement incident or training situation, or any other law enforcement related situation, including disasters, in civil unrest, or methamphetamine lab interdiction.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 2968	Illinois SB 2968 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	62	2	2006-01-20	2006-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/13ccc8e8-3a08-42bb-9ceb-0a2298f133be	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2968&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=24086&SessionID=50&GA=94	2d67722036f2565bd93a1bae1d5b99f88362ebcfcdea00e855b1218981878523	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2968 (94th) — GOOD SAMARITAN-1ST RESPONDERS

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides immunity against criminal liability, civil damages, or medical malpractice damages for any acts or omissions, for any physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all its branches or licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; any dental emergency responder; any licensed nurse; any licensed physicians assistant; any licensed EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, or EMT-Paramedic; and any First Responder who provides volunteer Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) services to any person or animal in any law enforcement incident or training situation, or any other law enforcement related situation, including disasters, in civil unrest, or methamphetamine lab interdiction.

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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Calvin L. Giles — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Cronin — primary (person)
• Elaine Nekritz — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
• James D. Brosnahan — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph M. Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Joyce — cosponsor (person)
• Michael K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Boland — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
• Randall M. Hultgren — cosponsor (person)
• Richard T. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Rita — cosponsor (person)
• Robin Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Bassi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Cronin filing
• 2006-01-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-01-31 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2006-01-31 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2006-01-31 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2006-01-31 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2006-02-01 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2006-02-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2006-02-08 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2006-02-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Cronin amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2006-02-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2006-02-15 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
• 2006-02-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2006
• 2006-02-16 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2006-02-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Cronin amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2006-03-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
• 2006-03-02 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-03-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Cronin amendment-passage
• 2006-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2006-03-02 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2006-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2006-03-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2006-03-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2006-03-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
• 2006-03-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2006-03-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2006-03-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
• 2006-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-03-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2006-03-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
• 2006-03-08 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2006-03-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-31 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
• 2006-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-04-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2006-04-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2006-05-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-06-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-06-02 Effective Date January 1, 2007
• 2006-06-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0826 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13ccc8e8-3a08-42bb-9ceb-0a2298f133be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).