---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN-YOUTH COMMISSION"
description: "Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2012. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4456"
citation: "Illinois HB 4456 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-01-17"
last_action: "2008-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d0c4aa3-ab95-421d-b261-1fac74624fe9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4456&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35042&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "11df6a0f7499cea6bbc863e17712de6f92c559026f17fc64059f095fa1b35d27"
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 4456 (95th) — CHILDREN-YOUTH COMMISSION

Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2012. Effective immediately.

## 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=09500HB4456&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35042&DocNum=4456&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4456eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35042&DocNum=4456&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4456enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35042&DocNum=4456&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Harris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris `filing`
- **2008-01-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2008-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-01-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-06** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2008-02-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- **2008-02-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2008-02-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2008-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2008-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2008-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2008-02-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2008-02-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- **2008-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2008-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-03-05** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2008-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2008-04-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2008-04-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2008-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Do Pass Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2008
- **2008-05-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- **2008-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2008
- **2008-05-08** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2008
- **2008-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0781 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d0c4aa3-ab95-421d-b261-1fac74624fe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).