---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTION-UNFIT PERSON DEFINED"
description: "ADOPTION-UNFIT PERSON DEFINED"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Illinois HB 165 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 83
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-16T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-06-25T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52e6d003-89a8-4ed9-b895-69018d2457ad"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "e65432b31cc215a0564b2ecb40bfa00f3cb484987187dcf888efdb319458bbc5"
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 165 (90th) — ADOPTION-UNFIT PERSON DEFINED

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0165LV.html)

## Sponsors

- DART — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- GILES — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,LOU — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- KRAUSE — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- SCULLY — cosponsor (person)
- WOJCIK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-16T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1997-01-16T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCOTT
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LANG
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED CROSS
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED CROSS
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO BIGGERT
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO DART
- **1997-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO DART
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED BLACK
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KRAUSE
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOJCIK
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCOTT
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HJUA
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HJUA/011-000-000
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,LOU
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GILES
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCULLY
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SJUD
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-08
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CRONIN
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED TROTTER
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED TROTTER
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED OBAMA
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED,
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AND ENGROSSED
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED SA 01
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-14
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED SA 01
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/DART
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO RULES COMMITTEE/RULE 75(A) 01 `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO 01/HJUA
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/011-000-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/098-012-008
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-20T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-06-25T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-06-25T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-06-25T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-06-25
- **1997-06-25T00:00:00-05:00** (SOME CHANGES TO
- **1997-06-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTION ACT)
- **1997-06-25T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0028

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52e6d003-89a8-4ed9-b895-69018d2457ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).