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SB2627 • 2026
PUNITIVE DAMAGES-LEGAL MALPRAC
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PUNITIVE DAMAGES-LEGAL MALPRAC
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Assigned to Judiciary
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
PUNITIVE DAMAGES-LEGAL MALPRAC
Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB2627 Select Language × The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein. Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet. The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website. NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window. Choose Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bengali Bosnian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Interlingue Inuktitut Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar Nepali Norwegian Odia Pashto Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Sardinian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Southern Sotho Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Close Illinois General Assembly Top Navigation Bar Translate Learn Select General Assembly Search the 104th General Assembly Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. ILGA.GOV LEGISLATION & LAWS Bills & Resolutions Public Acts Illinois Compiled Statutes Illinois Constitution Search Legislation Glossary Guide Reports & Inquiry Legislative Reports Special Reports FTP Site Legislator Lookup Capitol Complex Phone Numbers Rules & Regulations Illinois Register Administrative Rules Senate Members Schedules Committees Request for Remote Testimony Journals Transcripts Rules Audio/Video FOIA Information Senate Employment Opportunities Media Guidelines House Members Schedules Committees Submit testimony for House Committees Journals Transcripts Rules Audio/Video FOIA Information House Employment Opportunities Log In Mobile Top Bar Search the 104th General Assembly Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. Full Text of SB2627 Home Legislation Full Text SB2627 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2627 Introduced 3/4/2025, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 735 ILCS 5/2-1115 from Ch. 110, par. 2-1115 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. LRB104 12627 JRC 23307 b A BILL FOR SB2627 LRB104 12627 JRC 23307 b 1 AN ACT concerning civil law. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by 5 changing Section 2-1115 as follows: 6 (735 ILCS 5/2-1115) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1115) 7 Sec. 2-1115. Punitive damages not recoverable in healing 8 art and legal malpractice cases. In all cases, whether in 9 tort, contract or otherwise, in which the plaintiff seeks 10 damages by reason of legal, medical, hospital, or other 11 healing art malpractice, no punitive, exemplary, vindictive or 12 aggravated damages shall be allowed. This prohibition on the 13 recovery of punitive damages in a legal malpractice action 14 includes damages sought as compensatory damages which were 15 assessed against the legal malpractice plaintiff or failed to 16 be obtained by the legal malpractice plaintiff. 17 (Source: P.A. 84-7.) Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Contact ILGA Webmaster ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies. Read About Cookies ILGA.GOV 2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved | ADA | Disclaimers | Learn This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Contact ILGA Webmaster ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies. Read About Cookies ILGA.GOV 2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved | ADA | Disclaimers | Learn