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Bill	PSYCHOTROPIC-ELECTROCONVULSIVE	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Code concerning the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy, psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy may be administered pursuant to a power of attorney for health care under the Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law or a declaration for mental health treatment under the Mental Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act over the objection of the recipient if the recipient has not revoked the power of attorney or declaration for mental health treatment as provided in the relevant statute. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2609	Illinois SB 2609 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2018-02-07	2018-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/a92f7a88-9809-4cf3-90ee-2175b1b0aca0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2609&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109658&SessionID=91&GA=100	4573b0dd6479daf48c126dc0ddbb259a71e224f14f314f6e637a8ab58f602fd9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2609 (100th) — PSYCHOTROPIC-ELECTROCONVULSIVE

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Code concerning the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy, psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy may be administered pursuant to a power of attorney for health care under the Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law or a declaration for mental health treatment under the Mental Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act over the objection of the recipient if the recipient has not revoked the power of attorney or declaration for mental health treatment as provided in the relevant statute. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 101–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Omar Aquino — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino filing
• 2018-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Do Pass Human Services; 007-001-000 committee-passage
• 2018-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2018
• 2018-03-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2018
• 2018-04-17 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-17 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-04-17 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2018-04-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 To Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee
• 2018-05-16 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-16 Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
• 2018-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-03 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-03 Effective Date August 3, 2018
• 2018-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0710 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a92f7a88-9809-4cf3-90ee-2175b1b0aca0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).