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Bill	GOOD SAMARITANS-MEDICAL CLINIC	Amends the Good Samaritan Act. To the definition of "free medical clinic", adds programs organized by a certified local health department utilizing members of the federal Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, at which the care provided does not include an overnight stay in a health-care facility.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 1498	Illinois SB 1498 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2015-02-20	2015-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/0f16be1e-b66a-48bb-bd72-72bf4796c3c7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1498&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88133&SessionID=88&GA=99	d7ad52b1ebc8f627d5d6f0675b44326ebf124be7a12e2dd6b617e7552bf06966	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1498 (99th) — GOOD SAMARITANS-MEDICAL CLINIC

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. To the definition of "free medical clinic", adds programs organized by a certified local health department utilizing members of the federal Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, at which the care provided does not include an overnight stay in a health-care facility.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2015-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-02-24 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2015-03-03 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2015-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2015-03-10 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2015-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2015-03-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2015-03-18 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2015
• 2015-03-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2015
• 2015-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
• 2015-04-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-14 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0042 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f16be1e-b66a-48bb-bd72-72bf4796c3c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).