---
type: "Bill"
title: "DDMDSA-FAMILY ASSISTANCE-REP"
description: "Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Repeals the Family Assistance Law for Children with Mental Disabilities Article of the Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2835"
citation: "Illinois SB 2835 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec35f7a-9c33-472b-a426-a717a0890562"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2835&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109996&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "348b808d0e1d2e829b3e7668844f32b3a59e315caa543365139fdd0c4d5aba72"
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 SB 2835 (100th) — DDMDSA-FAMILY ASSISTANCE-REP

Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Repeals the Family Assistance Law for Children with Mental Disabilities Article of the Act. 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=10000SB2835&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109996&DocNum=2835&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2835eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109996&DocNum=2835&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2835enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=109996&DocNum=2835&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Syverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2018-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 28, 2018
- **2018-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2018
- **2018-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 044-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
- **2018-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2018-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
- **2018-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 `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 August 3, 2018
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0715 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ec35f7a-9c33-472b-a426-a717a0890562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).