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type: "Bill" title: "PROBATE-REPORT" description: "Amends the Guardians For Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Changes the definition of "developmental disability" to mean a disability that is attributable to an intellectual disability or a related condition. Defines "intellectual disability" and related condition. Provides that, in the case of an intellectual disability, the required report for a petition for adjudication of disability and for appointment of a guardian shall include a psychological evaluation of the respondent that has been performed by a clinical psychologist within one year of the date of the filing of the petition. Makes a corresponding change." jurisdiction: "us/states/il" legislature: "Illinois General Assembly" session: "102nd" identifier: "HB 55" citation: "Illinois HB 55 (102nd)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Didech", "Sara Feigenholtz"] version_count: 4 action_count: 35 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2021-01-13" last_action: "2021-07-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dd3effe-ff8b-40b1-808b-d14d311c2310" source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=55&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=127867&SessionID=110&GA=102" source_hash: "948c522e11b06e174ccb7627e8ab0b3f0285f126714ba5cb6ed62815164dfeb5" 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 HB 55 (102nd) — PROBATE-REPORT
Amends the Guardians For Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Changes the definition of "developmental disability" to mean a disability that is attributable to an intellectual disability or a related condition. Defines "intellectual disability" and related condition. Provides that, in the case of an intellectual disability, the required report for a petition for adjudication of disability and for appointment of a guardian shall include a psychological evaluation of the respondent that has been performed by a clinical psychologist within one year of the date of the filing of the petition. Makes a corresponding change.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Daniel Didech — primary (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
filing - 2021-01-14 First Reading
reading-1 - 2021-01-14 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
- 2021-03-01 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- 2021-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-001-001
committee-passage - 2021-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- 2021-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2021-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
amendment-introduction - 2021-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2021-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-04-15 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2021-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2021-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
passage, reading-3 - 2021-04-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- 2021-04-21 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2021-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2021-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- 2021-04-23 First Reading
reading-1 - 2021-04-23 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2021-04-28 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-05-19 Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
- 2021-05-20 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2021-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2021
- 2021-05-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- 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 Passed Both Houses
- 2021-06-25 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-07-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2021-07-23 Effective Date January 1, 2022
- 2021-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0109
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dd3effe-ff8b-40b1-808b-d14d311c2310. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).