republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-3204.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "POWER ATTORNEY-APPLICABILITY"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3204"
citation: "Illinois SB 3204 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19720f12-2f29-4f4b-80ca-25c42f4658de"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3204&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=64187&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "3e8eabcc4e1c91801a7c8d7f32f7b68aaa6dad1c7f542d5eb43d301fe5b9bf11"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3204&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64187&DocNum=3204&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3204eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64187&DocNum=3204&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3204enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64187&DocNum=3204&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19720f12-2f29-4f4b-80ca-25c42f4658de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).