WRK COMP-NEUTRAL FORCE House SponsorsRep. Jack D. Franks 1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die 820 ILCS 305/2from Ch. 48, par. 138.2820 ILCS 310/1from Ch. 48, par. 172.36 Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that, for purposes of those Acts, "...an injury (or disease) arises out of the employment if the injury (or disease) would not have occurred but for the fact that the conditions or obligations of the employment placed the employee in the position where the employee was injured (or exposed to the disease) by a neutral force. A neutral force is a force that is neither personal to the employee nor distinctly associated with the employment." Effective immediately. 1/23/2003HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks 1/23/2003HouseFirst Reading 1/23/2003HouseReferred to Rules Committee 1/29/2003HouseAssigned to Labor Committee 2/28/2003HouseMotion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote 3/13/2003HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die