---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILD ABUSE-RETAIN REPORT INFO"
description: "Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that identifying information in indicated reports involving the sexual abuse of a child, the death of a child, or serious physical injury to a child must be retained after the report is indicated or after the subsequent case or report is closed (instead of may be retained longer than 5 years after that time)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Illinois HB 172 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-11"
last_action: "2005-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88ed33df-a87b-42d8-8d4d-c018bd0c7155"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=172&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14351&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c3d4cb2031aa3eb5a0d808962ea09b713067d0c3b2cd569d2ee33092a9997db0"
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 172 (94th) — CHILD ABUSE-RETAIN REPORT INFO

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that identifying information in indicated reports involving the sexual abuse of a child, the death of a child, or serious physical injury to a child must be retained after the report is indicated or after the subsequent case or report is closed (instead of may be retained longer than 5 years after that time).

## 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=09400HB0172&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14351&DocNum=172&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0172eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14351&DocNum=172&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0172enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14351&DocNum=172&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Watson — primary (person)
- John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Link — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-11** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson `filing`
- **2005-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-18** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2005-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2005-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2005-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-11** Effective Date July 11, 2005
- **2005-07-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0160 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88ed33df-a87b-42d8-8d4d-c018bd0c7155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).