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Bill	DISSOL-CUSTODY-COURT WITNESS	Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the professional personnel consulted by the court are subject to subpoena for the purposes of discovery, trial, or both. Provides that the court shall allocate the costs and fees of those professional personnel between the parties based upon the financial ability of each party and other appropriate criteria. Provides that upon the request of any party or upon the court's own motion, the court may conduct a hearing as to the reasonableness of those fees and costs.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1753	Illinois SB 1753 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2011-02-09	2011-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/a34cb24b-9e51-4e74-a0ec-97959c36b4b8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1753&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57799&SessionID=84&GA=97	397595a4a2ffa8b56d676e8bf04490bc568d7b95ecb8bd11d35187b4a85a9783	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1753 (97th) — DISSOL-CUSTODY-COURT WITNESS

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the professional personnel consulted by the court are subject to subpoena for the purposes of discovery, trial, or both. Provides that the court shall allocate the costs and fees of those professional personnel between the parties based upon the financial ability of each party and other appropriate criteria. Provides that upon the request of any party or upon the court's own motion, the court may conduct a hearing as to the reasonableness of those fees and costs.

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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe filing
• 2011-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
• 2011-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 3, 2011
• 2011-03-31 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-31 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2011-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-11 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
• 2011-05-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-10 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-06-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-06-28 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-06-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0047 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a34cb24b-9e51-4e74-a0ec-97959c36b4b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).