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Bill	DONATE MED EQUIP-IMMUNITY VET	Creates the Good Samaritan Medical Equipment Donor Act. Provides that no donor of medical equipment or medical supplies donated to a veterinarian school or licensed veterinarian shall be liable in any civil action based on the theory of warranty, negligence, or strict liability in tort for damages resulting from the use of the medical equipment or medical supplies due to the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the medical equipment or medical supplies. Provides that immunity provided under this Act shall not apply where it is shown that the donation was a willful, wanton, or reckless act of the donor.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1372	Illinois SB 1372 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2011-02-08	2011-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/eaceb9c3-20fc-4494-acd7-907c6b1c1d90	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1372&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57191&SessionID=84&GA=97	eb05f021cfd6cc7971adc08759a646f457988cd6233bcd281742b48820767708	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1372 (97th) — DONATE MED EQUIP-IMMUNITY VET

Creates the Good Samaritan Medical Equipment Donor Act. Provides that no donor of medical equipment or medical supplies donated to a veterinarian school or licensed veterinarian shall be liable in any civil action based on the theory of warranty, negligence, or strict liability in tort for damages resulting from the use of the medical equipment or medical supplies due to the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the medical equipment or medical supplies. Provides that immunity provided under this Act shall not apply where it is shown that the donation was a willful, wanton, or reckless act of the donor.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David S. Luechtefeld — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David S. Luechtefeld filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
• 2011-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 3, 2011
• 2011-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David S. Luechtefeld amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2011-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 006-000-000
• 2011-04-13 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Luechtefeld amendment-passage
• 2011-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2011-04-13 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2011-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-21 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2011-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2011-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Barickman
• 2011-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-22 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0183 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eaceb9c3-20fc-4494-acd7-907c6b1c1d90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).