---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILD ABUSE-UNREPORTED-PENALTY"
description: "Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Adds members of a school board, the Chicago Board of Education, or the governing body of a private school as mandated reporters. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully violates any mandated-reporter provision of the Act other than a second or subsequent violation of transmitting a false report is guilty of a Class 4 felony (instead of a Class A misdemeanor) for a first violation and a Class 3 (instead of Class 4) felony for a second or subsequent violation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1428"
citation: "Illinois SB 1428 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d513d36f-ebd2-4157-b109-c6471faa56bf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1428&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29516&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "92faa76bb73cc17fcc1520db57c550a5da502bd10c83d93a78363d88f5745c9b"
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 1428 (95th) — CHILD ABUSE-UNREPORTED-PENALTY

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Adds members of a school board, the Chicago Board of Education, or the governing body of a private school as mandated reporters. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully violates any mandated-reporter provision of the Act other than a second or subsequent violation of transmitting a false report is guilty of a Class 4 felony (instead of a Class A misdemeanor) for a first violation and a Class 3 (instead of Class 4) felony for a second or subsequent violation. 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=09500SB1428&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29516&DocNum=1428&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1428eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29516&DocNum=1428&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1428enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29516&DocNum=1428&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Careen M Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Fritchey — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
- Luis Arroyo — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — primary (person)
- Robert S. Molaro — cosponsor (person)
- Susana A Mendoza — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `filing`
- **2007-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2007
- **2007-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
- **2007-04-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000
- **2007-05-10** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Sandoval `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Sandoval `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-05-10** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2007-05-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-18** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-18** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2007-05-24** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2007-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2007-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-05-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2007-05-30** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2007-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-27** Effective Date August 27, 2007
- **2007-08-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0461 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d513d36f-ebd2-4157-b109-c6471faa56bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).