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Bill	GOOD SAMARITAN- GOOD FAITH CPR	Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who in good faith (instead of any person currently certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies with generally recognized standards, and who in good faith), not for compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of his or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be liable for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions constitute willful and wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1549	Illinois HB 1549 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	53	3	2011-02-15	2011-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/27204840-2e80-4595-9227-6d8ee7be04a4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1549&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58695&SessionID=84&GA=97	60335c90976d506167a9c6500bc5f9b2715c3a3677295b2923f0ee091d66110e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1549 (97th) — GOOD SAMARITAN- GOOD FAITH CPR

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who in good faith (instead of any person currently certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation who complies with generally recognized standards, and who in good faith), not for compensation, provides emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person who is an apparent victim of acute cardiopulmonary insufficiency shall not, as the result of his or her acts or omissions in providing resuscitation, be liable for civil damages, unless the acts or omissions constitute willful and wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.

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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
• Suzi Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond filing
• 2011-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-15 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2011-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
• 2011-03-10 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
• 2011-03-15 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2011-03-16 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-16 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jil Tracy amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-04 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2011-04-05 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2011-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2011-05-04 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzi Schmidt
• 2011-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi amendment-introduction
• 2011-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2011-05-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2011-05-10 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-18 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2011-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2011-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
• 2011-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 107-000-000
• 2011-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-07 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-18 Effective Date July 18, 2011
• 2011-07-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0150 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27204840-2e80-4595-9227-6d8ee7be04a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).