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type: "Bill"
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title: "WRONGFUL DEATH-GRIEF DAMAGES"
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description: "Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that the jury may award damages for grief, sorrow, and mental suffering to the surviving spouse and next of kin of the deceased. Provides that any amount reduced from a contributorily negligent beneficiary's share of damages shall be distributed to the other beneficiaries in proportion to their respective degrees of dependency. Deletes language regarding limitations on the amount of damages. Applies to causes of action accruing on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "95th"
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identifier: "HB 1798"
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citation: "Illinois HB 1798 (95th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 62
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2007-02-23"
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last_action: "2007-05-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27dd961d-af99-40dd-97d0-5374eeeed5c1"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1798&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30633&SessionID=51&GA=95"
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source_hash: "b707605b7610b033e1152f6c5673d5a3332d312d57e47c663d06e0c41e370276"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 1798 (95th) — WRONGFUL DEATH-GRIEF DAMAGES
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Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that the jury may award damages for grief, sorrow, and mental suffering to the surviving spouse and next of kin of the deceased. Provides that any amount reduced from a contributorily negligent beneficiary's share of damages shall be distributed to the other beneficiaries in proportion to their respective degrees of dependency. Deletes language regarding limitations on the amount of damages. Applies to causes of action accruing on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1798&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30633&DocNum=1798&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1798eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30633&DocNum=1798&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1798enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30633&DocNum=1798&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **31–23** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **63–52** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James D. Brosnahan — primary (person)
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- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey `filing`
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- **2007-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-006-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-03-15** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Brent Hassert
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- **2007-03-15** State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Brent Hassert
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- **2007-03-15** Judicial Note Requested by Rep. Brent Hassert
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- **2007-03-21** Judicial Note Filed
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- **2007-03-27** Fiscal Note Filed
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- **2007-03-28** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
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- **2007-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. James D. Brosnahan `amendment-introduction`
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- **2007-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-18** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. James D. Brosnahan
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- **2007-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
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- **2007-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
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- **2007-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
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- **2007-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
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- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
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- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
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- **2007-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
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- **2007-04-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2007-04-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2007-04-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. William B. Black
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- **2007-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested as Amended by Rep. William B. Black
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- **2007-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Judicial Note Requested as Amended by Rep. William B. Black
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- **2007-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
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- **2007-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Judicial Note Filed as Amended
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- **2007-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
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- **2007-04-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies
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- **2007-04-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2007-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
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- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
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- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
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- **2007-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
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- **2007-04-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 063-052-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-04-27** Verified
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- **2007-05-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2007-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
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- **2007-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2007-05-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
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- **2007-05-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
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- **2007-05-02** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2007-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
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- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
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- **2007-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
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- **2007-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
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- **2007-05-17** Verified
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- **2007-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 031-023-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2007-05-17** Passed Both Houses
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- **2007-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2007-05-31** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2007-05-31** Effective Date May 31, 2007
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- **2007-05-31** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0003 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27dd961d-af99-40dd-97d0-5374eeeed5c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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