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Bill PROBATE-GUARDIAN AD LITEM FEES Amends the Adult Guardianship Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Deletes language providing that if the respondent is unable to pay the fee of the guardian ad litem or appointed counsel, or both, the court may enter an order for the petitioner to pay all such fees or such amounts as the respondent or the respondent's estate may be unable to pay. Provides instead that the allocation of guardian ad litem fees and costs is within the discretion of the court. Provides that no legal fees, appointed counsel fees, guardian ad litem fees, or costs shall be assessed against the Office of the State Guardian, the public guardian, an adult protective services agency, the Department of Children and Family Services, or the agency designated by the Governor under the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 102nd HB 842 Illinois HB 842 (102nd)
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Illinois HB 842 (102nd) — PROBATE-GUARDIAN AD LITEM FEES

Amends the Adult Guardianship Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Deletes language providing that if the respondent is unable to pay the fee of the guardian ad litem or appointed counsel, or both, the court may enter an order for the petitioner to pay all such fees or such amounts as the respondent or the respondent's estate may be unable to pay. Provides instead that the allocation of guardian ad litem fees and costs is within the discretion of the court. Provides that no legal fees, appointed counsel fees, guardian ad litem fees, or costs shall be assessed against the Office of the State Guardian, the public guardian, an adult protective services agency, the Department of Children and Family Services, or the agency designated by the Governor under the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act.

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 — 590 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 1080 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • John Connor — primary (person)
  • Terra Costa Howard — primary (person)
  • Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
  • Deb Conroy — cosponsor (person)
  • Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard filing
  • 2021-02-10 First Reading reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
  • 2021-03-02 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-09 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2021-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
  • 2021-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
  • 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 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. John Connor
  • 2021-04-19 First Reading reading-1
  • 2021-04-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2021-04-28 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-05-19 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 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
  • 2021-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-07-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2021-07-30 Effective Date January 1, 2022
  • 2021-07-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0191 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4afafd5d-9c07-4fcd-9b8b-e80a88c084bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).