---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUV COURT-SIGNIFICANT EVENTS"
description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall provide a minor's guardian ad litem or a minor's attorney appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, with a copy of each significant event report, as defined by Department rule, involving the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or earlier as required by Department rule. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a guardian ad litem appointed or attorney appointed under the Act, shall receive a copy of each significant event report, as defined by Department of Children and Family Services rule, that involves the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or earlier as required by Department rule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5257"
citation: "Illinois HB 5257 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dda4165-7b1d-4097-a2f0-c205ab27672a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5257&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110971&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "18a8263a9280f5cdc5c9166b6e24cd27ae58fd92a2f6e64f315a7c197f4a9499"
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 5257 (100th) — JUV COURT-SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall provide a minor's guardian ad litem or a minor's attorney appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, with a copy of each significant event report, as defined by Department rule, involving the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or earlier as required by Department rule. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a guardian ad litem appointed or attorney appointed under the Act, shall receive a copy of each significant event report, as defined by Department of Children and Family Services rule, that involves the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or earlier as required by Department rule.

## 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=10000HB5257&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110971&DocNum=5257&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5257eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110971&DocNum=5257&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5257enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110971&DocNum=5257&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Nybo — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2018-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Remains in Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2018-03-07** To Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee
- **2018-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
- **2018-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2018-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2018-04-10** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2018-04-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2018-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
- **2018-05-01** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
- **2018-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
- **2018-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `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 January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0689 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dda4165-7b1d-4097-a2f0-c205ab27672a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).