republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-266.md

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Bill	PROBATE-GUARDIAN-DECISIONS	Amends the Guardians For Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a guardian shall consider the ward's current preferences to the extent the ward has the ability to participate in decision making when those preferences are known or reasonably ascertainable by the guardian. Provides that decisions by the guardian shall conform to the ward's current preferences unless the guardian reasonably believes that doing so would result in substantial harm to the ward's welfare or personal or financial interests. Provides that if the guardian is unable to ascertain the ward's preferences, then the decisions may be made by conforming as closely as possible to what the ward would have done or intended under the circumstances. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 266	Illinois HB 266 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Jason A. Barickman Thomas M. Bennett	4	55	3	2021-01-25	2021-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b0716bdf-b75a-485e-8fd3-e04dc02c18f5	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=266&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=128150&SessionID=110&GA=102	fe8d88d017e485a42ed2c5594a118f73f5fe9b36d2fdfdaff116bd00bf568cd3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 266 (102nd) — PROBATE-GUARDIAN-DECISIONS

Amends the Guardians For Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a guardian shall consider the ward's current preferences to the extent the ward has the ability to participate in decision making when those preferences are known or reasonably ascertainable by the guardian. Provides that decisions by the guardian shall conform to the ward's current preferences unless the guardian reasonably believes that doing so would result in substantial harm to the ward's welfare or personal or financial interests. Provides that if the guardian is unable to ascertain the ward's preferences, then the decisions may be made by conforming as closely as possible to what the ward would have done or intended under the circumstances. Makes conforming changes. 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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 118–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason A. Barickman — primary (person)
• Thomas M. Bennett — primary (person)
• Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
• Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Bos — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Welter — cosponsor (person)
• Deanne M. Mazzochi — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
• Martin McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Windhorst — cosponsor (person)
• Seth Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Tony McCombie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett filing
• 2021-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2021-03-02 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Seth Lewis
• 2021-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
• 2021-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
• 2021-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
• 2021-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
• 2021-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2021-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
• 2021-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
• 2021-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
• 2021-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
• 2021-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2021-03-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Bos
• 2021-04-13 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
• 2021-04-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
• 2021-04-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2021-04-16 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 108-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
• 2021-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-05-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason A. Barickman amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2021-05-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-05-19 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
• 2021-05-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2021
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2021-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
• 2021-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2021-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000
• 2021-05-31 House Concurs
• 2021-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-05-31 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
• 2021-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-06 Effective Date August 6, 2021
• 2021-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0258 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0716bdf-b75a-485e-8fd3-e04dc02c18f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).