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| Bill | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRACT ACT | Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides less stringent supervision requirements for physician assistants responding to a need for medical care created by an emergency or by a state or local disaster. Limits civil liability for physician assistants that voluntarily render emergency medical assistance outside the ordinary course of their employment or practice, except for acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligence. Provides that no physician who supervises a physician assistant voluntarily and gratuitously providing emergency care as described shall be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by the physician assistant rendering emergency care. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | SB 1487 | Illinois SB 1487 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2009-02-18 | 2009-07-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/b3dd9c87-a143-43da-9269-4cc03ce9eb0b | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1487&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=43175&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 69f22c007142c417d1bf28551336173412c185779d74baef2d5ee70888cfe6a8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 1487 (96th) — PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRACT ACT
Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides less stringent supervision requirements for physician assistants responding to a need for medical care created by an emergency or by a state or local disaster. Limits civil liability for physician assistants that voluntarily render emergency medical assistance outside the ordinary course of their employment or practice, except for acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligence. Provides that no physician who supervises a physician assistant voluntarily and gratuitously providing emergency care as described shall be liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by the physician assistant rendering emergency care. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio
filing - 2009-02-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-18 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-02-25 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2009-03-05 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- 2009-03-11 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
- 2009-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio
amendment-introduction - 2009-03-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- 2009-03-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- 2009-03-24 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Demuzio
amendment-passage - 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- 2009-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-26 Arrived in House
introduction - 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- 2009-03-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-04-14 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-23 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-04-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-04-28 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-05-27 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-07-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2009
- 2009-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0070
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3dd9c87-a143-43da-9269-4cc03ce9eb0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).