- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 24
- Latest action
- Aug 20, 2021
What it does
Creates the Opioid Overdose Reduction Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alex's Law. Provides that a person who, in good faith, seeks or obtains emergency medical assistance for someone experiencing an opioid overdose shall not be charged or prosecuted for possession of a controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a controlled substance analog if certain conditions are met. Provides that a person who is experiencing an overdose shall not be charged or prosecuted for possession of a controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a controlled substance analog if evidence for the possession charge was acquired as a result of the person seeking or obtaining emergency…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Janet Yang Rohr
- Laura Ellman
- Angie Guerrero-Cuellar
- Anne Stava
- Camille Lilly
- Deb Conroy
- Dee Avelar
- Denyse Wang Stoneback
- Edgar González
- Emanuel Chris Welch
- Katie Stuart
- Kelly Cassidy
- Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.
- Laura Fine
- Marcus Evans
- Mary Flowers
- Mattie Hunter
- Maurice West
- Rita Mayfield
- Ryan Spain
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- Terra Costa Howard
- Theresa Mah
- Thomas Cullerton
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Where it goes next
Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Illinois.