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type: "Bill"
title: "PROBATE-GUARDIAN APPOINTMENT"
description: "Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that no petition for the appointment of a guardian of a minor shall be filed if the primary purpose of the filing is to reduce the financial resources available to the minor in order to cause the minor to qualify for public or private financial assistance from an educational institution. Allows the court to deny such a petition if it finds that the primary purpose of the filing is to enable the minor to declare financial independence so that the minor may obtain public or private financial assistance from an educational institution or a State or federal student financial aid program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "Illinois SB 195 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Celina Villanueva", "Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/320c3839-ceb3-4dc5-b965-e22263413b4c"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=195&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143678&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "f713e9527b344399585f684aebe0c9e7539d89e048ea5b06bb32970f78df9611"
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 SB 195 (103rd) — PROBATE-GUARDIAN APPOINTMENT
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that no petition for the appointment of a guardian of a minor shall be filed if the primary purpose of the filing is to reduce the financial resources available to the minor in order to cause the minor to qualify for public or private financial assistance from an educational institution. Allows the court to deny such a petition if it finds that the primary purpose of the filing is to enable the minor to declare financial independence so that the minor may obtain public or private financial assistance from an educational institution or a State or federal student financial aid program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0195.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0195eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0195ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0195enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Judiciary — **90** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **90** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **570** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1040** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Celina Villanueva — primary (person)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — primary (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva `filing`
- **2023-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2023
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2023-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2023-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2023-04-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-000-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 10, 2023
- **2023-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Celina Villanueva `filing`
- **2023-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
- **2023-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary
- **2023-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2023-05-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2023-05-19** Senate Concurs
- **2023-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0475 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/320c3839-ceb3-4dc5-b965-e22263413b4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).