republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-2539.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC GUARDIAN-CERTF-FEES"
description: "Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the Governor may appoint one person to serve as public guardian and public administrator in one or more counties (instead of one in each county). Provides that each public guardian must be certified by the Center for Guardianship Certification and that the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission shall provide professional training. Provides for fees and expenses for a public guardian and his or her temporary guardianship duties and establishes guidelines for fees. Makes other changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2539"
citation: "Illinois HB 2539 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46937925-7523-4553-a892-53e66409f004"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2539&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45043&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "e551b36f59a591089961e1f207986f0acdfeb94b8f1d5bfc9ecf619dd22e9a89"
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 2539 (96th) — PUBLIC GUARDIAN-CERTF-FEES

Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the Governor may appoint one person to serve as public guardian and public administrator in one or more counties (instead of one in each county). Provides that each public guardian must be certified by the Center for Guardianship Certification and that the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission shall provide professional training. Provides for fees and expenses for a public guardian and his or her temporary guardianship duties and establishes guidelines for fees. Makes other changes.

## 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=09600HB2539&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=45043&DocNum=2539&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2539eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=45043&DocNum=2539&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2539enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=45043&DocNum=2539&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2009-04-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2009-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2009-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 117-000-000
- **2009-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-25** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0752 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46937925-7523-4553-a892-53e66409f004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).