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Bill	PROBATE ACT-DCFS: COURT FEES	Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that no guardian ad litem or legal fees shall be assessed against the Department of Children and Family Services in cases where the Department is the petitioner under certain provisions of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1340	Illinois SB 1340 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2013-02-05	2013-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a917e3ca-08eb-4946-b0dd-b7e29c21a566	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1340&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=71862&SessionID=85&GA=98	4e97b365a2bab31f22dc1950a6e68f31029eeeca7dd28bac551e697e9ea75c37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1340 (98th) — PROBATE ACT-DCFS: COURT FEES

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that no guardian ad litem or legal fees shall be assessed against the Department of Children and Family Services in cases where the Department is the petitioner under certain provisions of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Effective immediately.

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 — 76–36 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe filing
• 2013-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-05 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-14 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-001-003 committee-passage
• 2013-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2013
• 2013-02-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 1, 2013
• 2013-03-13 Third Reading - Passed; 038-016-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-13 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-09 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2013-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-10 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
• 2013-05-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 076-036-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-07-15 Effective Date July 15, 2013
• 2013-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0089 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a917e3ca-08eb-4946-b0dd-b7e29c21a566. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).