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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 1702</title>
<shortdesc>WORKERS COMP-PTSD PRESUMPTION</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Bill Cunningham</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>3/21/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<reference>820 ILCS 305/6</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 48, par. 138.6</aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder is to be rebuttably presumed to arise out of and to be causally connected to the hazards of employment of a person employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/5/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham</action>
<statusdate>2/5/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/5/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>2/18/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary</action>
<statusdate>2/27/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Postponed - Judiciary</action>
<statusdate>3/6/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Postponed - Judiciary</action>
<statusdate>3/21/2025</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments</action>
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