---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN-TECH"
description: "Amends the Early Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "Illinois SB 324 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Feigenholtz", "Suzanne M. Ness"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdaed31c-b1ec-4c67-9f9d-3448130b9f53"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=324&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=157808&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "316ab522f230b2f790b2a58dee9c458770a828fb7cdd2dcba0fd86b5c5793407"
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 324 (104th) — CHILDREN-TECH

Amends the Early Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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/SB/PDF/10400SB0324.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0324eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0324sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB0324enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Adoption & Child Welfare — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Child Welfare, Amendment 1 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — primary (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Li Arellano, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2025-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-03-12** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-11** Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-29** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025
- **2025-04-29** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 30, 2025
- **2025-04-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-05-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Child Welfare
- **2025-05-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2025-05-09** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 23, 2025
- **2025-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Child Welfare; 007-000-000
- **2025-05-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Feigenholtz `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2025-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2025-05-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
- **2025-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2025-05-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2025-05-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-05-20** Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2025-05-20** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 072-039-000
- **2025-05-20** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2025-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2025-05-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 011-000-000
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0351 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdaed31c-b1ec-4c67-9f9d-3448130b9f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).