The legislation was introduced in bill HB164 on Dec. 5, 2016, when Rep. Michael J. Madigan (D-22) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Code of Civil Procedure".
After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 5, 2017, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 29, 2017. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 22, 2017. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB164.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/5/2016 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan |
| 1/11/2017 | House | First Reading |
| 1/11/2017 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/25/2017 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 2/8/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** |
| 2/8/2017 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-003-000 |
| 2/16/2017 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/16/2017 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** |
| 3/22/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 3/22/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/23/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Personnel & Pensions Committee |
| 3/23/2017 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 3/23/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/28/2017 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente |
| 3/28/2017 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 3/28/2017 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 3/30/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Personnel & Pensions Committee; 009-003-000 |
| 4/4/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 4/4/2017 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/4/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/5/2017 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 086-026-000 |
| 4/5/2017 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/5/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2017 |
| 4/5/2017 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton |
| 4/6/2017 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/6/2017 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/25/2017 | Senate | Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions |
| 5/2/2017 | Senate | Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/4/2017 | Senate | Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-001-000 |
| 5/4/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017 |
| 5/11/2017 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush |
| 5/11/2017 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek |
| 5/15/2017 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/15/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017 |
| 5/26/2017 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 |
| 5/29/2017 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/29/2017 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 046-004-000 |
| 6/27/2017 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/22/2017 | House | Effective Date August 22, 2017 |
| 8/22/2017 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0244 |
| 8/22/2017 | House | Governor Approved |
| 12/14/2018 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett |
| 1/9/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/9/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| 2/8/2019 | House | To Tort Liability Subcommittee |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 9/4/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier |
| 1/13/2021 | House | Session Sine Die |
| 1/15/2021 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jeff Keicher |
| 1/22/2021 | House | First Reading |
| 1/22/2021 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/23/2021 | House | Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 3/5/2021 | House | To Workforce Development Subcommittee |
| 3/15/2021 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/15/2021 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jeff Keicher |
| 3/16/2021 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 3/27/2021 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/27/2021 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/9/2021 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin |
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