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Bill	ADULT GUARDIANSHIP-DISSOLUTION	Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a guardian of an adult disabled ward's person and estate has the authority to commence proceedings, including, but not limited to, adoption, marriage, or dissolution of marriage proceedings, on behalf of the ward if the court finds the proceedings to be in the best interests of the ward.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2954	Illinois SB 2954 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	46	3	2014-02-04	2014-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/f5849629-29a8-41cc-889c-2f21bf8bcba1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2954&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79166&SessionID=85&GA=98	249546a21a1c41ef22e033ea0040f21623d5811d64db356a1db4205289ef032f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2954 (98th) — ADULT GUARDIANSHIP-DISSOLUTION

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a guardian of an adult disabled ward's person and estate has the authority to commence proceedings, including, but not limited to, adoption, marriage, or dissolution of marriage proceedings, on behalf of the ward if the court finds the proceedings to be in the best interests of the ward.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2014-03-05 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2014-03-20 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2014-03-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-03-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2014
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-03 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2014-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-05-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey amendment-introduction
• 2014-05-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-02 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey amendment-introduction
• 2014-05-02 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-05-05 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-05-07 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
• 2014-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 22, 2014
• 2014-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2014-05-22 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
• 2014-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
• 2014-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-26 Effective Date August 26, 2014
• 2014-08-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1107 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5849629-29a8-41cc-889c-2f21bf8bcba1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).