Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2017	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

820 ILCS 305/1

from Ch. 48, par. 138.1

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that an employee who is required to travel in connection with his or her employment and who suffers an injury while in travel status shall be eligible for benefits only if the injury arises out of and in the course of employment while he or she is actively engaged in the duties of employment. Defines "accident" and "injury". Provides that "injury" includes the aggravation of a pre-existing condition by an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, but only for so long as the aggravation of the pre-existing condition continues to be the major contributing cause of the disability. Provides that an injury resulting directly or indirectly from idiopathic causes is not compensable. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/10/2015	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dwight Kay
2/17/2015	House	First Reading
2/17/2015	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/26/2015	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
3/2/2015	House	Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
3/4/2015	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Reginald Phillips
3/4/2015	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
3/4/2015	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
3/4/2015	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
3/4/2015	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
3/5/2015	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
3/19/2015	House	To Workers Compensation Subcommittee
3/27/2015	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/10/2017	House	Session Sine Die

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