---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-POLICE/SECURITY-REPEAL"
description: "Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Powers Law. Repeals a provision that grants the Department of Children and Family Services the power to appoint members of a police and security force to act as peace officers and have all powers possessed by police officers in cities and sheriffs under certain circumstances. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 1715"
citation: "Illinois HB 1715 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Davis", "Robert Peters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b9a0ad2-04ae-41e0-bd03-610b613830a3"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1715&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=158862&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "764a5f28a6839938d43c1c5fecfb50ef9c2b55e365830ae01d2df396559adc35"
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 1715 (104th) — DCFS-POLICE/SECURITY-REPEAL

Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Powers Law. Repeals a provision that grants the Department of Children and Family Services the power to appoint members of a police and security force to act as peace officers and have all powers possessed by police officers in cities and sheriffs under certain circumstances. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1715.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1715eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1715enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Child Welfare — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Adoption & Child Welfare — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Davis — primary (person)
- Robert Peters — primary (person)
- Aarón M. Ortíz — cosponsor (person)
- Ann M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Li Arellano, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy `filing`
- **2025-01-24** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lisa Davis
- **2025-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-18** Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2025-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2025-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2025-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2025-02-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2025-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2025-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2025-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2025-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2025-03-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2025-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2025-04-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2025-04-29** Re-referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-30** Assignments Re-refers to Child Welfare
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass Child Welfare; 008-000-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
- **2025-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date August 1, 2025
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0052 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b9a0ad2-04ae-41e0-bd03-610b613830a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).