On May 31, 2025, the Illinois General Assembly passed Senate Bill 328, which significantly expands Illinois jurisdiction in toxic-tort litigation by conditioning foreign corporations’ ability to transact business in the state on their consent to the exercise of general jurisdiction by Illinois courts. Greenberg Traurig explained the far-reaching nature of this change in a June GT Alert.
Gov. Pritzker signed the bill into law on August 15. A circuit court recently dismissed one challenge to the law brought by various Illinois lawmakers.