---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS"
description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that no person may be employed by the Department of Children and Family Services who has been declared a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act or convicted of committing or attempting to commit specified offenses. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "Illinois HB 275 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-27"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac35d77f-079b-44f3-a6cd-1986d689fb70"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=275&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=55069&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "f0c851e9c0266fde074d71b3a14ac5bce5c7c596e70649b867dd43dbd29ceb31"
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 275 (97th) — DCFS-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that no person may be employed by the Department of Children and Family Services who has been declared a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act or convicted of committing or attempting to commit specified offenses. 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=09700HB0275&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55069&DocNum=275&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0275eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55069&DocNum=275&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0275enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=55069&DocNum=275&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis M. Reboletti — primary (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti `filing`
- **2011-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2011-03-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2011-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2011
- **2011-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0103 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac35d77f-079b-44f3-a6cd-1986d689fb70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).