---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILD CARE-NOTICE OF CHANGES"
description: "Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Removes a requirement that the Department of Children and Family Services notify the public when a child care institution, maternity center, or group home licensed by the Department undergoes a change in the area within the facility used by children or a change in the age of children served."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2980"
citation: "Illinois SB 2980 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Fine", "Suzanne M. Ness"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95a2ac0-04d6-4447-94f9-b906d6fb91cc"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2980&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152095&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "673ef58e4e19ffac6b82a20043163d5186f5f83cb02695e65561a12b49285911"
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 2980 (103rd) — CHILD CARE-NOTICE OF CHANGES

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Removes a requirement that the Department of Children and Family Services notify the public when a child care institution, maternity center, or group home licensed by the Department undergoes a change in the area within the facility used by children or a change in the age of children served.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2980.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2980eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2980sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2980enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Health and Human Services — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Adoption & Child Welfare — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- Health and Human Services, Amendment 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `filing`
- **2024-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Do Pass Health and Human Services; 013-000-000
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Health and Human Services
- **2024-03-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Health and Human Services; 009-000-000
- **2024-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 055-004-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2024-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-02** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0770 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b95a2ac0-04d6-4447-94f9-b906d6fb91cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).