---
type: "Bill"
title: "POWER ATTY-HEALTH CARE-FORM"
description: "Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Changes a reference to the Act in the statutory short form power of attorney for health care. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1877"
citation: "Illinois SB 1877 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/394d3b4c-835e-4661-b698-29fa102a0971"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1877&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57995&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "997ab9ef6975e1cd3df9606dbcd3e29bf7332ec4a92b4ac66131d68861f42c04"
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 1877 (97th) — POWER ATTY-HEALTH CARE-FORM

Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Changes a reference to the Act in the statutory short form power of attorney for health care. 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=09700SB1877&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57995&DocNum=1877&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1877eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57995&DocNum=1877&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1877enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57995&DocNum=1877&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `filing`
- **2011-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2011-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2011-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2011
- **2011-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2011-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2011-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Wilhelmi `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
- **2011-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2011-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-06** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2011-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2011
- **2011-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0148 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/394d3b4c-835e-4661-b698-29fa102a0971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).