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type: "Bill"
title: "DISSOL-CUSTODY-COURT WITNESS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1753"
citation: "Illinois SB 1753 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a34cb24b-9e51-4e74-a0ec-97959c36b4b8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1753&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57799&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "397595a4a2ffa8b56d676e8bf04490bc568d7b95ecb8bd11d35187b4a85a9783"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1753&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57799&DocNum=1753&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1753eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57799&DocNum=1753&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1753enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57799&DocNum=1753&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1140** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a34cb24b-9e51-4e74-a0ec-97959c36b4b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).