---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS-CHILDREN&FAM SRVCS-GRANTS"
description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Eliminates a provision allowing the Department of Human Services to make grants-in-aid to units of local government, voluntary agencies, and not-for-profit associations which provide day care services. Eliminates a provision authorizing the Department to establish the Child Care Expansion Program. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1235"
citation: "Illinois SB 1235 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17cfa358-d4ce-4bb5-bacf-b5577813c7e5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1235&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=56837&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "ed4bd975c319ddf8c81a482d0604fa1f5648eb1d4079bf02628a8e65f3948e86"
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 1235 (97th) — DHS-CHILDREN&FAM SRVCS-GRANTS

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Eliminates a provision allowing the Department of Human Services to make grants-in-aid to units of local government, voluntary agencies, and not-for-profit associations which provide day care services. Eliminates a provision authorizing the Department to establish the Child Care Expansion Program. 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=09700SB1235&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56837&DocNum=1235&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1235eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56837&DocNum=1235&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1235enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56837&DocNum=1235&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **67–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Toi W. Hutchinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Postponed - Human Services
- **2011-03-10** Postponed - Human Services
- **2011-03-15** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2011
- **2011-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
- **2011-04-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-13** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-13** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2011-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-18** Re-assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-20** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2011
- **2011-05-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-27** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2011
- **2011-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-045-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2011-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2011
- **2011-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0516 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17cfa358-d4ce-4bb5-bacf-b5577813c7e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).