CIV PRO-TESTIMONY RELIABILITY Senate SponsorsSen. Jil Tracy and Jason A. Barickman 1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die 735 ILCS 5/Art. VIII Pt. 29 heading new735 ILCS 5/8-2901 new735 ILCS 5/8-2902 new735 ILCS 5/8-2903 new735 ILCS 5/8-2904 new735 ILCS 5/8-2905 new735 ILCS 5/8-2906 new735 ILCS 5/8-2907 new735 ILCS 5/8-2908 new735 ILCS 5/8-2909 new735 ILCS 5/8-2910 newAmends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides limitations upon a non-expert's opinion or inference testimony. Sets forth requirements regarding: qualifications, testimony, disclosure, and compensation of expert witnesses; bases of expert opinion testimony; limitations on expert testimony; pretrial hearings and disclosures concerning expert witnesses; precedents to be followed in interpreting the new provisions; interlocutory appeals of rulings on the admissibility of expert evidence; standards to be followed by reviewing courts in determining the admissibility of expert testimony; and severability. Provides that the new provisions apply to actions commenced on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and pending actions in which a trial has not been scheduled or in which a trial has been scheduled more than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately. 2/13/2019SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy 2/13/2019SenateFirst Reading 2/13/2019SenateReferred to Assignments 2/20/2019SenateAssigned to Judiciary 3/5/2019SenateTo Subcommittee on Tort Reform 3/22/2019SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 1/27/2020SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman 1/13/2021SenateSession Sine Die