---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILD CARE-DAY CARE CENTER"
description: "Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a day care center may operate for 24 hours or longer and may provide care for a child for a period of up to 12 hours if the parent or guardian of the child is employed in a position that requires regularly scheduled shifts and a 10-hour period elapses between day care visits. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the provisions. Makes a conforming change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3207"
citation: "Illinois SB 3207 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jil Tracy", "Randy E. Frese"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3041aa07-fa4b-4bca-b7cd-2235399ba434"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3207&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152494&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "65bf1da9777c2dc9bca39cabfb31c49f1cba4044f805db27ee6bb117fbde9725"
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 3207 (103rd) — CHILD CARE-DAY CARE CENTER

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a day care center may operate for 24 hours or longer and may provide care for a child for a period of up to 12 hours if the parent or guardian of the child is employed in a position that requires regularly scheduled shifts and a 10-hour period elapses between day care visits. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the provisions. Makes a conforming change.

## 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/10300SB3207.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3207eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3207enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Health and Human Services — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Child Care Access & Early Childhood — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jil Tracy — primary (person)
- Randy E. Frese — primary (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
- Erica Harriss — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jed Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Sanalitro — cosponsor (person)
- John F. Curran — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Faver Dias — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Croke — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West and II — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sally J. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- William "Will" Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Win Stoller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy `filing`
- **2024-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
- **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`
- **2024-02-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2024-03-05** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
- **2024-03-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2024-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Win Stoller
- **2024-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
- **2024-04-09** Sponsor Removed Sen. Terri Bryant
- **2024-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Randy E. Frese
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- **2024-05-02** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis
- **2024-05-02** 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
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
- **2024-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2024-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2024-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2024-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- **2024-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2024-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0952 `became-law`
- **2024-09-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3041aa07-fa4b-4bca-b7cd-2235399ba434`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).