The legislation was introduced in bill HB831 on Jan. 22, when Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit (D-84) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act".
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 12. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
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 HB831.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/22/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 1/22/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/22/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/5/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/5/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit |
| 3/12/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee |
| 3/13/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 3/20/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer |
| 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 | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Human Services |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III |
| 5/16/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe |
| 5/31/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson |
| 6/14/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0043 |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 7/12/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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