---
type: "Bill"
title: "ATTORNEYS-REPRESENT CHILD"
description: "ATTORNEYS-REPRESENT CHILD"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 377"
citation: "Illinois HB 377 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff24bd41-bace-447e-b003-275fd09e54be"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "b34d67e9498e21e0e107ffa808ac512e9a33529f3f159a226a5aac1fdd0ac960"
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 377 (91st) — ATTORNEYS-REPRESENT CHILD

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0377LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BROSNAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNSON,TIM — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- OSMOND — cosponsor (person)
- PETERSON — cosponsor (person)
- WAIT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO BROSNAHAN
- **1999-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1999-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO MATHIAS
- **1999-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JOHNSON,TIM
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO MATHIAS
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO LANG
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO WAIT
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-17
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR PETERSON
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-29
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-04
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/MATHIAS
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/115-000-000
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSMOND
- **1999-06-15T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0410

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff24bd41-bace-447e-b003-275fd09e54be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).