---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABANDONED NEWBORN INFANT-NEW"
description: "ABANDONED NEWBORN INFANT-NEW"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Illinois SB 216 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 82
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d6883be-29ac-45ca-9d71-eaf8aff834ea"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "080fe46334e105c931a80eb226241cdd85fd873621afcd8c4533aa213b32a4f1"
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 216 (92nd) — ABANDONED NEWBORN INFANT-NEW

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0216LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- BROSNAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- CRONIN — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- HALVORSON — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- KLEMM — cosponsor (person)
- LIGHTFORD — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,L — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- MUNOZ — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- PANKAU — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- PETERSON — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- RONEN — cosponsor (person)
- ROSKAM — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)
- SULLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)
- WAIT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR KLEMM
- **2001-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WALSH,T
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RONEN
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2001-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOMKE
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SULLIVAN
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JACOBS
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LIGHTFORD
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOLAND
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 011-000-000 SJUD
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-03-29
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CRONIN
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-03-30
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'MALLEY
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PETERSON
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN,L
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-KARPIEL
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-KARPIEL
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-KARPIEL
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SJUD/009-000-000
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ROSKAM
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-KARPIEL
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-04-04
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE SPONSOR COULSON
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WAIT
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR PANKAU
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR FOWLER
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR FORBY
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BROSNAHAN
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MCGUIRE
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR NOVAK
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HUMAN SERVS H
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 007-000-000 HHSV
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 101-007-006 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/KARPIEL
- **2001-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/KARPIEL
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/KARPIEL
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/056-000-000
- **2001-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-20T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-17
- **2001-08-17T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0432

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d6883be-29ac-45ca-9d71-eaf8aff834ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).