---
type: "Bill"
title: "PATERNITY-NATURAL FATHER-DNA"
description: "PATERNITY-NATURAL FATHER-DNA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 1259"
citation: "Illinois SB 1259 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e23ddb4-cbf1-4fe5-96f2-593475f1746f"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "97e534d88aec8532d0fb1031f7ae8412101cbb84a467d5aefb5f06f19d50849d"
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 1259 (90th) — PATERNITY-NATURAL FATHER-DNA

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB1259LV.html)

## Sponsors

- FAWELL — cosponsor (person)
- PANKAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SJUD
- **1998-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-03-12
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FAWELL
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FAWELL
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FAWELL
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FAWELL
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FAWELL
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SJUD/008-000-002
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FAWELL
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SJUD/008-000-002
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FAWELL
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FAWELL
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-04-02
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR PANKAU
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CIVIL LAW H
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1998-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/FAWELL
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/FAWELL
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/FAWELL
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SJUD/009-000-000
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/FAWELL
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/055-000-000
- **1998-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-08-07
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0715

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e23ddb4-cbf1-4fe5-96f2-593475f1746f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).