republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-5918.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOOD SAMARTN-EMERGENCY SCENE"
description: "Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person, who is not an emergency responder, who in good faith provides care or assistance at the scene of an emergency without fee or compensation to any person shall not, as a result of his or her act or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person in providing the care or assistance, be liable to a person to whom such care or assistance is provided for civil damages. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5918"
citation: "Illinois HB 5918 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/089b42c5-708c-44ca-a3cf-7ba0fc815182"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5918&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51581&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7871c1fbdcb19adbdbe7578d548430274f95f3c4b3e66a7c5c787e0f66088e22"
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 HB 5918 (96th) — GOOD SAMARTN-EMERGENCY SCENE

Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any person, who is not an emergency responder, who in good faith provides care or assistance at the scene of an emergency without fee or compensation to any person shall not, as a result of his or her act or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct on the part of the person in providing the care or assistance, be liable to a person to whom such care or assistance is provided for civil damages. 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=09600HB5918&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51581&DocNum=5918&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5918eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51581&DocNum=5918&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5918enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51581&DocNum=5918&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Esther Golar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-23** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-03-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2010-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-30** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2010
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1169 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/089b42c5-708c-44ca-a3cf-7ba0fc815182`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).