---
type: "Bill"
title: "MNTL HLTH FACILITY-INVOL ADMIT"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a peace officer may take a person into custody and transport him to a mental health facility when the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is subject to involuntary admission and in need of immediate hospitalization (removes a requirement that the \"reasonable grounds\" be a result of the peace officer's personal observation). Provides that nothing in these provisions shall be interpreted to prevent (i) the filing of a petition for involuntary admission completed by the facility director or any other person or (ii) a decision by the petitioner or his or her counsel or the State's Attorney to proceed with a hearing on a petition for involuntary admission completed by someone other than the peace officer who transported the respondent to the facility. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "Illinois SB 559 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-17"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79cf32b4-c15f-4c8f-b08b-39d9ca2c1ed3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=559&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17460&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "25839ff20d49d9d77c89e4df1188619cb03f0df3ea7f95a47c3c549841496f68"
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 559 (94th) — MNTL HLTH FACILITY-INVOL ADMIT

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a peace officer may take a person into custody and transport him to a mental health facility when the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is subject to involuntary admission and in need of immediate hospitalization (removes a requirement that the "reasonable grounds" be a result of the peace officer's personal observation). Provides that nothing in these provisions shall be interpreted to prevent (i) the filing of a petition for involuntary admission completed by the facility director or any other person or (ii) a decision by the petitioner or his or her counsel or the State's Attorney to proceed with a hearing on a petition for involuntary admission completed by someone other than the peace officer who transported the respondent to the facility. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0559&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17460&DocNum=559&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0559eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17460&DocNum=559&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0559enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17460&DocNum=559&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George P. Shadid — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-02-17** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
- **2005-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-17** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** Postponed - Executive
- **2005-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2005-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2005
- **2005-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2005
- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0202 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79cf32b4-c15f-4c8f-b08b-39d9ca2c1ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).