republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/hb-3455.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MNTL HLTH-INVOLUNTARY TREATMNT"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Changes references from \"authorized involuntary treatment\" to \"electroconvulsive therapy or psychotropic medication\". Provides that an adult recipient of mental health services, or the recipient's guardian, and the recipient's substitute decision maker must be informed of the recipient's right to refuse electroconvulsive therapy. Provides that a court may, in its discretion, appoint a guardian ad litem for a recipient before the court or authorize an existing guardian of the person to monitor treatment and compliance with court orders in connection with the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy. Provides that upon the commencement of mental health services, or as soon thereafter as the condition of the recipient permits, the facility must advise the recipient as to the circumstances under which the law permits the use of electroconvulsive therapy. Amends the Clerks of Courts Act and the Health Care Surrogate Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 3455"
citation: "Illinois HB 3455 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8506e903-03ce-410a-99ae-15dfdbab0196"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3455&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=32328&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "ca9ad650e25bf23a8c03446e68280cba7578ce3e642069f5e5662704e60a277e"
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 HB 3455 (95th) — MNTL HLTH-INVOLUNTARY TREATMNT

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Changes references from "authorized involuntary treatment" to "electroconvulsive therapy or psychotropic medication". Provides that an adult recipient of mental health services, or the recipient's guardian, and the recipient's substitute decision maker must be informed of the recipient's right to refuse electroconvulsive therapy. Provides that a court may, in its discretion, appoint a guardian ad litem for a recipient before the court or authorize an existing guardian of the person to monitor treatment and compliance with court orders in connection with the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy. Provides that upon the commencement of mental health services, or as soon thereafter as the condition of the recipient permits, the facility must advise the recipient as to the circumstances under which the law permits the use of electroconvulsive therapy. Amends the Clerks of Courts Act and the Health Care Surrogate Act to make conforming changes. 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=09500HB3455&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32328&DocNum=3455&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3455eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32328&DocNum=3455&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB3455enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=32328&DocNum=3455&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
- **2007-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2007-04-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Do Pass Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2007
- **2007-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0172 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8506e903-03ce-410a-99ae-15dfdbab0196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).