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type: "Bill"
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title: "POWER OF ATTY-VISITATION"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that restricting or not allowing an interested person to have reasonable visitation with a principal is an action upon which a court may find that an agent is not acting for the benefit of the principal."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "103rd"
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identifier: "SB 55"
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citation: "Illinois SB 55 (103rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz", "Laura Fine"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-20"
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last_action: "2023-06-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d557c6-7e89-4901-b075-b856c69d8042"
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source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=55&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143201&SessionID=112"
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source_hash: "9ad5123881f06e0c84dd87f6bb2cc40622d7dab8b947b2a3e41d69f4da54a561"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 55 (103rd) — POWER OF ATTY-VISITATION
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Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that restricting or not allowing an interested person to have reasonable visitation with a principal is an action upon which a court may find that an agent is not acting for the benefit of the principal.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0055.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0055eng.pdf)
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3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0055sam001.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0055enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — primary (person)
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- Laura Fine — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `filing`
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- **2023-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-20** Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-01-31** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-02-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
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- **2023-02-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Judiciary `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-08** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000
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- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 14, 2023 `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2023
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- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 24, 2023
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- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2023-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
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- **2023-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000
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- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
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- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
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- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0055 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d557c6-7e89-4901-b075-b856c69d8042`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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