---
type: "Bill"
title: "FAMILY LAW-TECH"
description: "Amends the Adoption Act. Makes stylistic changes in a Section concerning confidentiality of court records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 149"
citation: "Illinois SB 149 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2003-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7e43c08-c0e5-409e-854a-38c9a0866eb8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=149&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1633&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "dcc975570e06019eade1b75942915c3ffe6f182a527788d0b6b93e1cab476693"
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 149 (93rd) — FAMILY LAW-TECH

Amends the Adoption Act. Makes stylistic changes in a Section concerning confidentiality of court records.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0149&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1633&DocNum=149&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0149eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1633&DocNum=149&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0149enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=1633&DocNum=149&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2003-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2003-02-27** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2003-03-05** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2003-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 007-000-000
- **2003-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
- **2003-03-24** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2003-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-25** Effective Date July 25, 2003
- **2003-07-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0385 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7e43c08-c0e5-409e-854a-38c9a0866eb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).