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Bill	POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT-DUTIES	Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that an agent shall provide a copy of certain records required to be kept when requested to do so by a representative of the public guardian for the county in which the principal resides acting in the course of investigating whether to file a petition for guardianship. Adds public guardians to the list of entities which may be awarded fees, costs, and other relief for failure to provide a requested record or after a finding that the agent's action has caused substantial harm to the principal's person or property. Adds public guardians to the definition of "interested person".	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1280	Illinois SB 1280 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2013-02-05	2013-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d94f5344-395a-4570-8033-83c6359ae6bc	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1280&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=71721&SessionID=85&GA=98	edf75ddeae6abeb4e7ea8bdda7e5d3074a2e855afca5a39f98e797b6675b4176	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1280 (98th) — POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT-DUTIES

Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that an agent shall provide a copy of certain records required to be kept when requested to do so by a representative of the public guardian for the county in which the principal resides acting in the course of investigating whether to file a petition for guardianship. Adds public guardians to the list of entities which may be awarded fees, costs, and other relief for failure to provide a requested record or after a finding that the agent's action has caused substantial harm to the principal's person or property. Adds public guardians to the definition of "interested person".

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 — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2013-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-05 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-14 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2013-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2013-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-03-19 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2013
• 2013-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
• 2013-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-24 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2013
• 2013-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-27 Effective Date August 27, 2013
• 2013-08-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0562 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d94f5344-395a-4570-8033-83c6359ae6bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).