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Bill MNTL HLTH FACILITY-INVOL ADMIT Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a peace officer may take a person into custody and transport him to a mental health facility when the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is subject to involuntary admission and in need of immediate hospitalization (removes a requirement that the "reasonable grounds" be a result of the peace officer's personal observation). Provides that nothing in these provisions shall be interpreted to prevent (i) the filing of a petition for involuntary admission completed by the facility director or any other person or (ii) a decision by the petitioner or his or her counsel or the State's Attorney to proceed with a hearing on a petition for involuntary admission completed by someone other than the peace officer who transported the respondent to the facility. Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 94th SB 559 Illinois SB 559 (94th)
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Illinois SB 559 (94th) — MNTL HLTH FACILITY-INVOL ADMIT

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a peace officer may take a person into custody and transport him to a mental health facility when the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is subject to involuntary admission and in need of immediate hospitalization (removes a requirement that the "reasonable grounds" be a result of the peace officer's personal observation). Provides that nothing in these provisions shall be interpreted to prevent (i) the filing of a petition for involuntary admission completed by the facility director or any other person or (ii) a decision by the petitioner or his or her counsel or the State's Attorney to proceed with a hearing on a petition for involuntary admission completed by someone other than the peace officer who transported the respondent to the facility. Effective immediately.

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 — 560 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 1150 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • George P. Shadid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2005-02-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid filing
  • 2005-02-17 First Reading reading-1
  • 2005-02-17 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2005-02-23 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
  • 2005-03-03 Postponed - Executive
  • 2005-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid amendment-introduction
  • 2005-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2005-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
  • 2005-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
  • 2005-03-10 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2005-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
  • 2005-03-15 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2005
  • 2005-04-08 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2005-04-08 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2005-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2005-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
  • 2005-04-11 First Reading reading-1
  • 2005-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2005-04-20 Assigned to Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee referral-committee
  • 2005-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2005-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
  • 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2005-07-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2005-07-12 Effective Date July 12, 2005
  • 2005-07-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0202 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79cf32b4-c15f-4c8f-b08b-39d9ca2c1ed3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).