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+type: "Bill"
+title: "POWER OF ATTY-VISITATION"
+description: "Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that restricting or not allowing an interested person to have reasonable visitation with a principal is an action upon which a court may find that an agent is not acting for the benefit of the principal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "103rd"
+identifier: "SB 55"
+citation: "Illinois SB 55 (103rd)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz", "Laura Fine"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d557c6-7e89-4901-b075-b856c69d8042"
+source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=55&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143201&SessionID=112"
+source_hash: "9ad5123881f06e0c84dd87f6bb2cc40622d7dab8b947b2a3e41d69f4da54a561"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 55 (103rd) — POWER OF ATTY-VISITATION
+
+Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that restricting or not allowing an interested person to have reasonable visitation with a principal is an action upon which a court may find that an agent is not acting for the benefit of the principal.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0055.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0055eng.pdf)
+3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0055sam001.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0055enr.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — primary (person)
+- Laura Fine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `filing`
+- **2023-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-20** Referred to Assignments
+- **2023-01-31** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-02-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
+- **2023-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
+- **2023-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Judiciary `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000
+- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 14, 2023 `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2023
+- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 24, 2023
+- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2023-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
+- **2023-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee
+- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000
+- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
+- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
+- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0055 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d557c6-7e89-4901-b075-b856c69d8042`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
+