---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABUSED ADULT-ACCESS TO RECORDS"
description: "Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. In provisions concerning reports of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined under the Act, adds a representative of the public guardian acting in the course of investigating the appropriateness of guardianship for the eligible adult or while pursuing a petition for guardianship of the eligible adult to the list of persons granted access, upon request, to all records concerning reports of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect and all records generated as a result of such reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1309"
citation: "Illinois SB 1309 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-18"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce67b13b-0c27-48b7-9954-d4e3d8dd46ba"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1309&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=87789&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "4240d80325ede6af46762f1a877efa3ca0a6a5281fd534905ce0e4b621958a32"
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 1309 (99th) — ABUSED ADULT-ACCESS TO RECORDS

Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. In provisions concerning reports of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined under the Act, adds a representative of the public guardian acting in the course of investigating the appropriateness of guardianship for the eligible adult or while pursuing a petition for guardianship of the eligible adult to the list of persons granted access, upon request, to all records concerning reports of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect and all records generated as a result of such reports.

## 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=09900SB1309&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=87789&DocNum=1309&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1309eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=87789&DocNum=1309&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1309enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=87789&DocNum=1309&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2015-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-25** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2015-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2015-03-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2015
- **2015-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2015
- **2015-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments
- **2015-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2015-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes
- **2015-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0287 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce67b13b-0c27-48b7-9954-d4e3d8dd46ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).