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type: "Bill"
title: "GOOD SAMARITAN ACT-FIRST AID"
description: "Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who is certified in first aid or has completed a course of instruction in first aid, who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in providing the care, be liable to a person to whom such care is provided for civil damages. Effective July 1, 2006."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2303"
citation: "Illinois SB 2303 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-12"
last_action: "2006-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdc0dbad-6321-4d13-94d6-8b59fc71cd66"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2303&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=22941&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "f193bd0ff96221a79b7eb19e882f6f5d21a1bf0a9a9979e93f814ca5a172eb73"
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 2303 (94th) — GOOD SAMARITAN ACT-FIRST AID
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person who is certified in first aid or has completed a course of instruction in first aid, who in good faith provides emergency care without fee to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in providing the care, be liable to a person to whom such care is provided for civil damages. Effective July 1, 2006.
## 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=09400SB2303&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22941&DocNum=2303&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2303eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22941&DocNum=2303&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2303enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22941&DocNum=2303&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- J. Bradley Burzynski — primary (person)
- Milton Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Flider — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Kelly — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2006-01-12** Filed with Secretary by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski `filing`
- **2006-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-19** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-31** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2006-02-01** Held in Judiciary
- **2006-02-08** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
- **2006-02-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2006-03-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 007-000-000
- **2006-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Burzynski `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2006
- **2006-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
- **2006-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2006-03-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-24** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2006-03-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2006-03-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2006-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-02** Effective Date July 1, 2006
- **2006-06-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0825 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdc0dbad-6321-4d13-94d6-8b59fc71cd66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).