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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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enacted | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2005-02-17 | 2005-07-12 | openstates | ocd-bill/79cf32b4-c15f-4c8f-b08b-39d9ca2c1ed3 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=559&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17460&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 25839ff20d49d9d77c89e4df1188619cb03f0df3ea7f95a47c3c549841496f68 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
Votes
- Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 115–0 (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).