republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/sb-1596.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "WORKERS' COMPENSATION REPOSE"
description: "Amends the Worker's Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that specified Sections limiting recovery do not apply to injuries or death resulting from an occupational disease as to which the recovery of compensation benefits under the Act would be precluded due to the operation of any period of repose or repose provision. Provides that, as to any such injury occupational disease, the employee, the employee's heirs, and any person having the standing under law to bring a civil action at law has the nonwaivable right to bring such an action against any employer or employers. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1596"
citation: "Illinois SB 1596 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc6eea88-ae68-4dad-9562-589efc9b7c73"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1596&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118626&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "a759e5312eccc725a102af7e7bbf337e7272c3851c6cea94acc279e74b2807d4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1596 (101st) — WORKERS' COMPENSATION REPOSE

Amends the Worker's Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that specified Sections limiting recovery do not apply to injuries or death resulting from an occupational disease as to which the recovery of compensation benefits under the Act would be precluded due to the operation of any period of repose or repose provision. Provides that, as to any such injury occupational disease, the employee, the employee's heirs, and any person having the standing under law to bring a civil action at law has the nonwaivable right to bring such an action against any employer or employers. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1596&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118626&DocNum=1596&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1596eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118626&DocNum=1596&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1596enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118626&DocNum=1596&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–16** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **70–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- André Thapedi — cosponsor (person)
- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2019-03-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2019-03-06** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2019-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2019-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2019-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2019-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2019-03-06** Third Reading - Passed; 041-016-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
- **2019-03-07** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** To Commercial Law Subcommittee
- **2019-03-08** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** Judicial Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** Pension Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2019-03-11** State Debt Impact Note Filed
- **2019-03-11** Pension Note Filed
- **2019-03-11** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- **2019-03-11** Balanced Budget Note Filed
- **2019-03-12** Correctional Note Filed
- **2019-03-12** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2019-03-12** Home Rule Note Filed
- **2019-03-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2019-03-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2019-03-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2019-03-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
- **2019-03-12** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2019-03-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2019-03-13** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 005-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2019-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 008-004-001 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2019-03-14** Judicial Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-040-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-03-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17** Effective Date May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0006 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc6eea88-ae68-4dad-9562-589efc9b7c73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).