Illinois · House Bill 5568 · 104th General Assembly

LOC GOV TORT IMMUNITY

HB 5568 Sponsored by Kevin John Olickal In committee

  1. Introduced Feb 6, 2026
  2. In committee Feb 13, 2026
  3. Passed the House Next
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Includes "medical examiner's office" and "coroner's office" within the definition of "medical facility" in Article VI covering Hospital and Public Health Activities. Provides that nothing in the Act exonerates a public employee or medical facility from liability for injury proximately caused by any negligent or wrongful conduct, act, or…

Read the full title (111 words)

Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Includes "medical examiner's office" and "coroner's office" within the definition of "medical facility" in Article VI covering Hospital and Public Health Activities. Provides that nothing in the Act exonerates a public employee or medical facility from liability for injury proximately caused by any negligent or wrongful conduct, act, or omission, in the handling, identification, disposal, or treatment of a deceased human, or exonerates a local public entity whose employee, while acting in the scope of his or her employment, so causes such an injury. Applies only to causes of actions accruing on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

Every action

17 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

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  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin John Olickal
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee · House Judiciary - Civil
  5. CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  8. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
  9. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
  1. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
  2. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
  3. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
  4. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
  5. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
  6. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
  7. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
  8. HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 12 cosponsors: 12 Democrats.

All 12 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.