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PUNITIVE DAMAGES-LEGAL MALPRAC

What this bill does

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the prohibition on the recovery of punitive damages in a legal malpractice action includes damages sought as compensatory damages which were assessed against the legal malpractice plaintiff or failed to be obtained by the legal malpractice plaintiff.

Sponsor: Jil Tracy Chamber: Senate Introduced: 2025-03-04
Stuck
P(Advance)
14.3%
Chance it ever reaches a milestone (committee, floor, etc.). Not “next step.”
P(Law)
0.0%
Chance it becomes law given where it is now (stage, momentum).
Confidence: 86%

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Pipeline Progress

Current stage: In Committee · Last action 256 days ago · STAGNANT

How does a bill become law in Illinois?
  1. Introduction of Bill

    A member of the Senate or the House introduces a bill, which is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., "H.B. ___" for House bills and "S.B. ___" for Senate bills). If not enacted, it must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly with a new number.

  2. Committee Work — Hearings

    The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.

  3. Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report

    The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.

  4. Floor Debate

    The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.

  5. Passage and Consideration in Second Chamber

    If the bill passes in the first chamber, it moves to the second chamber for a similar review process. If both chambers approve, it goes to the governor.

  6. Gubernatorial Action

    The governor can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action (resulting in an automatic law after 60 days). The type of veto can be total or amendatory. Once signed, the bill becomes a Public Act and is assigned a Public Act number.

Sponsor Context

Campaign finance

This is SBE campaign receipts to the people on this bill, not Moneyball and not earmarked to the bill.

Money is campaign receipts to matched candidate committees, not earmarked to this bill. Window 2025-01-01 – 2026-09-13.

$201,557.43 Across sponsors / voters
1 Members with trails
0 Overlapping donors

Sponsor and voter funding

Member Role Receipts Total received Top donors
Jil Tracy Chief sponsor 216 $201,557.43 Realtor Political Action Committee ($16,000.00); Save Our Local Businesses Illinois PAC ID#39860 ($10,000.00); Dot Foods, Inc. ($5,000.00)

Top donors across these members

Donor Occupation Employer Receipts Total
Realtor Political Action Committee — — 5 $16,000.00
Save Our Local Businesses Illinois PAC ID#39860 — — 1 $10,000.00
McDonald's Corporation — — 1 $5,000.00
Sports Betting Alliance — — 1 $5,000.00
Tyrpin Mark President Mercantile Bank 1 $5,000.00
Dot Foods, Inc. — — 1 $5,000.00
Bryan Stokes President Quincy Recycle Paper, Inc. 3 $4,802.54
Illinois Hospital Association PAC — — 3 $4,500.00
Comcast — — 2 $4,000.00
IL Manufactured Housing Association PAC — — 2 $4,000.00
Ameren — — 1 $4,000.00
Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC — — 2 $3,500.00
Don Tracy Attorney Brown Hay & Stephens 2 $3,500.00
Harold B. Oakley — — 5 $3,500.00
John Tracy Corp. Executive Dot Foods, Inc. 2 $3,500.00
United Community Bank — — 2 $3,500.00
Associated Beer Distributors of IL PAC — — 2 $3,500.00
Brown Electric Construction Company — — 3 $3,250.00
Operating Engineers Local 520 Voluntary Political & Educational Fund — — 3 $3,000.00
Cary Andras, Jr Physician Retired 3 $3,000.00
Ford Motor Company Civic Action Fund — — 2 $3,000.00
Ameren Illinois PAC — — 1 $3,000.00
IL Corn Growers Assn Political Involvement Fund — — 1 $2,500.00
Illinois Optometric Association — — 2 $2,500.00
John Cornell Retired n/a 1 $2,500.00

Hearings

This bill has not been scheduled for a committee hearing.

Action History

4 actions recorded. Last action: 2026-01-27 — Assigned toJudiciary. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.

2025-03-04 Introduction & Filing
Filed with Secretary bySen. Jil Tracy Rule 2-7(b)
Bill officially submitted to the Senate Secretary during the session.
2025-03-04 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2025-03-04 Committee Assignment
Referred toAssignments Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2026-01-27 Committee Assignment
Assigned toJudiciary Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b)
Sent to a substantive committee (e.g., Transportation, Revenue). This is where the bill gets a real hearing and evaluation.

All actions (table)

Date Chamber Action Category Signal
2025-03-04 Senate Filed with Secretary bySen. Jil Tracy Rule 2-7(b) Introduction & Filing —
2025-03-04 Senate First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2025-03-04 Senate Referred toAssignments Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —
2026-01-27 Senate Assigned toJudiciary Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) Committee Assignment —