---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARENTL RESPONSIBILITY-DAMAGES"
description: "Amends the Parental Responsibility Law. Increases the limitation on damages recoverable under that Law, from $20,000 to $200,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1865"
citation: "Illinois SB 1865 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-09-18"
last_action: "2008-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97505790-e3e8-437a-9881-2e06fbefeecb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1865&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=34230&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "49068dd66dbf794baad0ce9772bb1d18b4b4d3d8820f14cf6a883746b0e5593c"
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 1865 (95th) — PARENTL RESPONSIBILITY-DAMAGES

Amends the Parental Responsibility Law. Increases the limitation on damages recoverable under that Law, from $20,000 to $200,000.

## 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=09500SB1865&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=34230&DocNum=1865&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1865eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=34230&DocNum=1865&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1865enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=34230&DocNum=1865&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Noland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-09-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `filing`
- **2007-09-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-09-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-07** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-21** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2008-02-28** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2008-03-06** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2008-03-13** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 007-001-001 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
- **2008-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2008-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
- **2008-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 007-000-000
- **2008-04-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Noland `amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 17, 2008
- **2008-04-17** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2008-04-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2008-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2008-05-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-21** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-26** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0914 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97505790-e3e8-437a-9881-2e06fbefeecb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).