republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3532.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MHDDC-INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that if the respondent is unable to obtain an examination in an involuntary admission proceeding or in a proceeding seeking the administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy, the respondent may request that the court order an examination to be made by a physician, qualified examiner, clinical psychologist, or other expert (rather than by an impartial medical expert under Supreme Court Rules or by a qualified examiner, clinical psychologist, or other expert). Provides that the court must determine the compensation of the examiner or other expert. Provides that the compensation must be paid by the respondent's county of residence unless the respondent is not a resident of the State, in which case the fee must be paid by the county in which the proceeding is pending. Deletes provision that determination of the compensation of the physician, qualified examiner, clinical psychologist, or other expert and its payment shall be governed by Supreme Court Rule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3532"
citation: "Illinois SB 3532 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca9b2df-c805-4be9-aff5-1bcda3ff158d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3532&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80977&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "a3cf46a66087abbc9480fc860d22db467a509507367bc491f6e3d395195cd36a"
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 3532 (98th) — MHDDC-INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that if the respondent is unable to obtain an examination in an involuntary admission proceeding or in a proceeding seeking the administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy, the respondent may request that the court order an examination to be made by a physician, qualified examiner, clinical psychologist, or other expert (rather than by an impartial medical expert under Supreme Court Rules or by a qualified examiner, clinical psychologist, or other expert). Provides that the court must determine the compensation of the examiner or other expert. Provides that the compensation must be paid by the respondent's county of residence unless the respondent is not a resident of the State, in which case the fee must be paid by the county in which the proceeding is pending. Deletes provision that determination of the compensation of the physician, qualified examiner, clinical psychologist, or other expert and its payment shall be governed by Supreme Court Rule.

## 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=09800SB3532&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80977&DocNum=3532&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3532eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80977&DocNum=3532&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3532enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80977&DocNum=3532&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Murphy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Matt Murphy `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Matt Murphy `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2014-03-20** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2014-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2014-03-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2014
- **2014-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-07** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
- **2014-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2014-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0853 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca9b2df-c805-4be9-aff5-1bcda3ff158d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).