---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-EMPLOYEE BD-POST ADOPTION"
description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In a provision concerning the composition of the Direct Child Welfare Service Employee License Board, provides that, in addition to other specified members, the Board must include 5 licensed professionals from the field of human services with a human services, juris doctor, medical, public administration, or other relevant human services degree (rather than 5 licensed professionals from the field of human services with a human services degree or equivalent course work as required by rule of the Department of Children and Family Services). Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that calls to the toll-free number maintained by the Department of Children and Family Services to respond to requests from the public about its post-placement and post-adoption support services shall be answered no more than one business day after (rather than 24 hours from) receipt of the request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Illinois HB 19 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie A. Morrison", "Terra Costa Howard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4e421f-6690-421c-af06-f6b2dcb6ba45"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=19&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=127830&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "413ac5ddeaf190fc3b9541d7ce95abc2118434379e79e869a52140e13553fa89"
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 19 (102nd) — DCFS-EMPLOYEE BD-POST ADOPTION

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In a provision concerning the composition of the Direct Child Welfare Service Employee License Board, provides that, in addition to other specified members, the Board must include 5 licensed professionals from the field of human services with a human services, juris doctor, medical, public administration, or other relevant human services degree (rather than 5 licensed professionals from the field of human services with a human services degree or equivalent course work as required by rule of the Department of Children and Family Services). Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that calls to the toll-free number maintained by the Department of Children and Family Services to respond to requests from the public about its post-placement and post-adoption support services shall be answered no more than one business day after (rather than 24 hours from) receipt of the request.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0019.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0019eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0019enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — primary (person)
- Chris Bos — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard `filing`
- **2021-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2021-03-01** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2021-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Bos
- **2021-04-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2021-04-16** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Do Pass Health; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2021
- **2021-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0045 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4e421f-6690-421c-af06-f6b2dcb6ba45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).