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type: "Bill"
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title: "EMERGENCY MED SRVICES-IMMUNITY"
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description: "Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act and the Good Samaritan Act. Under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, provides for civil immunity for an agency, organization, or individual who sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises the training of persons in the use of automated external defibrillators, first aid, or aquatic skills (in addition to cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in a course which complies with generally recognized standards of the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council. Provides for similar immunity for an individual who teaches such a course of instruction. Under the Good Samaritan Act, provides for civil immunity for a person who is certified in aquatic skills by the American Red Cross, or the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council and who in good faith uses aquatic skills to provide aid without fee to any person. Also changes \"automatic external defibrillator\" to \"automated external defibrillator\". Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "SB 404"
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citation: "Illinois SB 404 (95th)"
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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: 40
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2007-02-07"
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last_action: "2007-08-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0c25edb-3194-4de6-a215-69d3e2842a1b"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=404&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28043&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "b6f2f837803774c4321e225f52da3bee33b57de655384db63e8b99362c1cdc64"
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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 404 (95th) — EMERGENCY MED SRVICES-IMMUNITY
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act and the Good Samaritan Act. Under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, provides for civil immunity for an agency, organization, or individual who sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances, or supervises the training of persons in the use of automated external defibrillators, first aid, or aquatic skills (in addition to cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in a course which complies with generally recognized standards of the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council. Provides for similar immunity for an individual who teaches such a course of instruction. Under the Good Samaritan Act, provides for civil immunity for a person who is certified in aquatic skills by the American Red Cross, or the American Heart Association, or the National Safety Council and who in good faith uses aquatic skills to provide aid without fee to any person. Also changes "automatic external defibrillator" to "automated external defibrillator". 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=09500SB0404&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28043&DocNum=404&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0404eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28043&DocNum=404&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0404enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28043&DocNum=404&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concurrence — **59–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `filing`
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- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-01** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
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- **2007-03-08** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
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- **2007-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
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- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Civil Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
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- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
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- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
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- **2007-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-04-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-05-16** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-24** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 25, 2007
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- **2007-05-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Deanna Demuzio `filing`
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- **2007-05-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 009-000-000
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- **2007-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000
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- **2007-05-30** Passed Both Houses
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- **2007-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2007-08-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2007-08-27** Effective Date August 27, 2007
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- **2007-08-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0447 `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/d0c25edb-3194-4de6-a215-69d3e2842a1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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