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Bill	IMDMA-GUARDIAN AD LITEM DUTIES	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Removes language providing that in a proceeding involving the support, custody, visitation, allocation of parental responsibilities, education, parentage, property interest, or general welfare of a minor or dependent child, a guardian ad litem appointed by the court shall testify or submit a written report to the court regarding his or her recommendations in accordance with the best interests of the child. Provides instead that a guardian ad litem shall investigate the facts of the case and interview the child and the parties and, unless the court directs otherwise, the guardian ad litem shall submit to the court and the parties a written report, written recommendations, or a proposed parenting plan not less than 30 days before a final hearing or trial. Requires a guardian ad litem to be available for deposition before a final hearing or trial notwithstanding any other discovery cutoff. Allows a guardian ad litem to: (i) be present for all proceedings, including in camera examinations of the child; (ii) issue subpoenas for records as part of the guardian ad litem's investigation; and (iii) file pleadings relating to procedural matters.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 1555	Illinois HB 1555 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Michael W. Halpin Terra Costa Howard	4	33	5	2023-01-30	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/8c9fa637-3623-4b89-9a9a-7f092418f538	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1555&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=143878&SessionID=112	ae9ec7001ceb3d649384b241b2e2ac0d0abfeb3a17bc76b70b82ce17db596373	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1555 (103rd) — IMDMA-GUARDIAN AD LITEM DUTIES

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Removes language providing that in a proceeding involving the support, custody, visitation, allocation of parental responsibilities, education, parentage, property interest, or general welfare of a minor or dependent child, a guardian ad litem appointed by the court shall testify or submit a written report to the court regarding his or her recommendations in accordance with the best interests of the child. Provides instead that a guardian ad litem shall investigate the facts of the case and interview the child and the parties and, unless the court directs otherwise, the guardian ad litem shall submit to the court and the parties a written report, written recommendations, or a proposed parenting plan not less than 30 days before a final hearing or trial. Requires a guardian ad litem to be available for deposition before a final hearing or trial notwithstanding any other discovery cutoff. Allows a guardian ad litem to: (i) be present for all proceedings, including in camera examinations of the child; (ii) issue subpoenas for records as part of the guardian ad litem's investigation; and (iii) file pleadings relating to procedural matters.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading, Amendment 1 — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Judiciary — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael W. Halpin — primary (person)
• Terra Costa Howard — primary (person)
• Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard filing
• 2023-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-02-15 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 015-000-000
• 2023-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
• 2023-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-03-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2023-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2023-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2023-03-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-24 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2023-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
• 2023-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-24 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-04-12 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
• 2023-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2023 reading-2
• 2023-04-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
• 2023-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
• 2023-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2023-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2023-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2023-06-30 Effective Date January 1, 2024
• 2023-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0126 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c9fa637-3623-4b89-9a9a-7f092418f538. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).