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Bill	POWER ATTORNEY-APPLICABILITY	Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that this Act does not apply to any agreement, other than an Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney, under which a financial institution is named as an agent for any person. Defines "financial institution". Provides that any agreement or contract of the type described is not a "non-statutory property power" subject to the requirements of being executed by the principal who designates the agent and the agent's powers and whose signature is witnessed and notarized; this provision is a declaration of existing law.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3204	Illinois SB 3204 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2012-02-01	2012-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/19720f12-2f29-4f4b-80ca-25c42f4658de	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3204&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=64187&SessionID=84&GA=97	3e8eabcc4e1c91801a7c8d7f32f7b68aaa6dad1c7f542d5eb43d301fe5b9bf11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3204 (97th) — POWER ATTORNEY-APPLICABILITY

Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that this Act does not apply to any agreement, other than an Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney, under which a financial institution is named as an agent for any person. Defines "financial institution". Provides that any agreement or contract of the type described is not a "non-statutory property power" subject to the requirements of being executed by the principal who designates the agent and the agent's powers and whose signature is witnessed and notarized; this provision is a declaration of existing law.

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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard filing
• 2012-02-01 Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2012-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-01 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-02-23 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2012-02-28 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 29, 2012
• 2012-03-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2012-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 006-000-000
• 2012-03-28 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Dillard amendment-passage
• 2012-03-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Dillard amendment-passage
• 2012-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2012-03-28 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-29 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2012-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-04 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 18, 2012
• 2012-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-002 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-30 Effective Date July 30, 2012
• 2012-07-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0868 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19720f12-2f29-4f4b-80ca-25c42f4658de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).