---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUV CT-SERVICE OF SUMMONS"
description: "Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that service of a summons and petition shall be made by leaving a copy at his or her usual place of abode with a person residing there."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2934"
citation: "Illinois HB 2934 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7746740a-a643-493c-94ec-c56fb1f73931"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2934&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119246&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "ec1c05f018f553f8720d986d9618d2b645934e70e3e5dea1946ea204debab5fd"
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 2934 (101st) — JUV CT-SERVICE OF SUMMONS

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that service of a summons and petition shall be made by leaving a copy at his or her usual place of abode with a person residing there.

## 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=10100HB2934&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119246&DocNum=2934&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2934eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119246&DocNum=2934&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2934enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119246&DocNum=2934&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Morgan — primary (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2019-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0146 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7746740a-a643-493c-94ec-c56fb1f73931`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).