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type: "Bill"
title: "PSYCHOTROPIC-ELECTROCONVULSIVE"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Code concerning the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy, psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy may be administered pursuant to a power of attorney for health care under the Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law or a declaration for mental health treatment under the Mental Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act over the objection of the recipient if the recipient has not revoked the power of attorney or declaration for mental health treatment as provided in the relevant statute. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2609"
citation: "Illinois SB 2609 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a92f7a88-9809-4cf3-90ee-2175b1b0aca0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2609&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109658&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "4573b0dd6479daf48c126dc0ddbb259a71e224f14f314f6e637a8ab58f602fd9"
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 2609 (100th) — PSYCHOTROPIC-ELECTROCONVULSIVE
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Code concerning the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy, psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy may be administered pursuant to a power of attorney for health care under the Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law or a declaration for mental health treatment under the Mental Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act over the objection of the recipient if the recipient has not revoked the power of attorney or declaration for mental health treatment as provided in the relevant statute. Effective immediately.
## 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=10000SB2609&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109658&DocNum=2609&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2609eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109658&DocNum=2609&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2609enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109658&DocNum=2609&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1011** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Omar Aquino — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino `filing`
- **2018-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Do Pass Human Services; 007-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2018
- **2018-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2018
- **2018-04-17** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2018-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** To Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee
- **2018-05-16** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2018-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-03** Effective Date August 3, 2018
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0710 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a92f7a88-9809-4cf3-90ee-2175b1b0aca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).