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Bill	MHDDC-VENUE-COURT HEARING	Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code concerning court hearings under the Admission, Transfer and Discharge Procedures for the Mentally Ill Chapter of the Code. Deletes provision that any party may request a change of venue or transfer to any other county because of the convenience of parties or witnesses or the condition of the respondent. Provides that the court shall grant the request of the respondent to have the proceedings transferred to the county of his or her residence if and only if the court determines that the transfer is necessary to ensure the attendance of any material witness. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 834	Illinois SB 834 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2015-02-11	2015-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/d53f3880-b18c-4b6b-a86d-c7cbcd9e64c5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=834&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=86220&SessionID=88&GA=99	4bc6e3dc433705afe2e7f9b7f85804936406e1c3aae17e56c34855940fccc5f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 834 (99th) — MHDDC-VENUE-COURT HEARING

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code concerning court hearings under the Admission, Transfer and Discharge Procedures for the Mentally Ill Chapter of the Code. Deletes provision that any party may request a change of venue or transfer to any other county because of the convenience of parties or witnesses or the condition of the respondent. Provides that the court shall grant the request of the respondent to have the proceedings transferred to the county of his or her residence if and only if the court determines that the transfer is necessary to ensure the attendance of any material witness. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-11 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2015-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-02-17 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2015-03-04 Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2015
• 2015-03-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 11, 2015
• 2015-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-03-27 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-03-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
• 2015-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-31 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-31 Effective Date July 31, 2015
• 2015-07-31 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0220 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d53f3880-b18c-4b6b-a86d-c7cbcd9e64c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).