The legislation was introduced in bill HB836 on Jan. 23, when Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D-17) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Probate Act of 1975".
After debate, the House passed the bill on March 28 and it arrived in the Senate on April 3, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 16. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 23. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB836.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/23/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 1/28/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/28/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2/1/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 3/4/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 3/4/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 3/12/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee |
| 3/12/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 3/13/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 3/21/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-019-000 |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Judiciary |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Postponed - Judiciary |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 |
| 6/14/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/23/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0120 |
| 7/23/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 7/23/2019 | House | Effective Date July 23, 2019 |
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