Bill: HB0016
Description: Covenant Not to Compete
Creates the Illinois Covenants No to Compete Act and establishes criteria for enforceability of covenants not to compete. Disadvantages employers seeking to enforce reasonable covenants not to compete.
Sponsor: Rep. Mulligan (R-Park Ridge)
Position: OPPOSE
Status: Re-referred to Rules
Bill: HB0017
Description: Civil Procedure Venue Reform
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Removes that an action may be commenced in any county if all defendants are nonresidents of the state and makes the change that if no defendants are residents of the state then an action can only take place in the county where the transaction or some part of the cause of action took place. If no defendants of a motion are residents of this State, and the transaction out of which the cause of action arose did not occur in this state, the action must be dismissed for lack of proper venue.
Sponsor: Rep. Tracy (R-Quincy)
Position: SUPPORT
Status: Re-referred to Rules
Bill: HB1367
Description: Product Liability
Re-enacts and changes various provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to product liability actions that were added by P.A. 89-7.
Sponsor: Rep. Kay (R-Collinsville)
Position: SUPPORT
Status: Re-referred to Rules
Bill: HB1899
Description: Premises Liability
Re-enacts and changes provisions of the Premises Liability Act that were added by P.A. 89-7. Re-enacted provisions describe the duty of reasonable care owed to invited entrants by an owner or occupier of premises and provide that an owner or occupier of land owes no duty of care to an adult trespasser other than to refrain from willful and wanton conduct that would endanger the safety of a known trespasser from a condition of the property or an activity conducted on the property.
Sponsor: Rep. Kay (R-Collinsville)
Position: SUPPORT
Status: Re-referred to Rules
Bill: HB1902
Description: Joint Liability
A defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendant who could have been sued by the plaintiff (instead of any third party defendant except the plaintiff’s employer), shall be severally liable for all other damages.
Sponsor:Rep. Kay (R-Collinsville)
Position: SUPPORT
Status: Re-referred to Rules
Bill: SB1705
Description:Appeal Bond Cap
The required amount of security of an appeal bond be less than the sum of the project of judgement, interest pending appeal, and costs; 25% of the judgement debtor’s net worth or $25 million. This is a Chamber initiative.
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy (R-Palatine)
Position: SUPPORT
Status: Re-referred to Assignments
