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type: "Bill"
title: "POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT-DUTIES"
description: "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\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1280"
citation: "Illinois SB 1280 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d94f5344-395a-4570-8033-83c6359ae6bc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1280&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=71721&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "edf75ddeae6abeb4e7ea8bdda7e5d3074a2e855afca5a39f98e797b6675b4176"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1280&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=71721&DocNum=1280&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1280eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=71721&DocNum=1280&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1280enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=71721&DocNum=1280&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1180** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **510** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d94f5344-395a-4570-8033-83c6359ae6bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).