Date	Chamber	Action
7/27/2010	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1304

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

30 ILCS 500/50-2

740 ILCS 175/1

from Ch. 127, par. 4101

740 ILCS 175/2

from Ch. 127, par. 4102

740 ILCS 175/3

from Ch. 127, par. 4103

740 ILCS 175/4

from Ch. 127, par. 4104

740 ILCS 175/5

from Ch. 127, par. 4105

740 ILCS 175/6

from Ch. 127, par. 4106

740 ILCS 175/8

from Ch. 127, par. 4108

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act and changes the short title to the Illinois False Claims Act. Provides that penalties are remedial, not punitive, and are not precluded by any criminal prosecution. Defines "obligation" and "material". Provides relief necessary to make an employee, contractor, or agent (instead of an employee) whole from a retaliatory job action taken against him or her because of the person's lawful act to stop a violation of the Act. Provides that the State may intervene in an action brought under the Act and that, for statute of limitations purposes, a State claim is timely if the claim arises out of the conduct that is asserted in the complaint. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code by making a conforming change. Effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Further amends the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act. Provides that the court may award amounts from the proceeds of an action or settlement that it considers appropriate to any governmental entity or program that has been adversely affected by a defendant (instead of to any affected entity, if the court finds that such an allocation would meet the goals of disgorging unlawful profit, restitution, or alleviation of the State's increased costs due to fraud).

House Floor Amendment No. 2
Further amends the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act. In provisions concerning an award to a qui tam plaintiff, deletes provision stating that the State shall also receive an amount for reasonable expenses incurred by the Attorney General, including attorneys' fees and costs.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/10/2010	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William D. Burns
2/10/2010	House	First Reading
2/10/2010	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2010	House	Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
3/10/2010	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
3/10/2010	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote
3/10/2010	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000
3/10/2010	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/11/2010	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/11/2010	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/18/2010	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William D. Burns
3/18/2010	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/22/2010	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
3/22/2010	House	Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
3/22/2010	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
3/22/2010	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2010	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
3/23/2010	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/23/2010	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2010
3/23/2010	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
3/24/2010	Senate	First Reading
3/24/2010	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/6/2010	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
4/14/2010	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
4/14/2010	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
4/15/2010	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
4/22/2010	Senate	Second Reading
4/22/2010	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
4/29/2010	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
4/29/2010	House	Passed Both Houses
5/28/2010	House	Sent to the Governor
7/27/2010	House	Governor Approved
7/27/2010	House	Effective Date July 27, 2010
7/27/2010	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1304

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