---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUV COURT - POST RELEASE"
description: "Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 giving the court the ability to require the Department of Juvenile Justice to report about efforts to secure post-release placement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1292"
citation: "Illinois SB 1292 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24d89fe2-a81b-4fd8-8811-d30ff5c9c50d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1292&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=56992&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "267ec6cd825e18edaa0245add9452531b115d82f4f33d097b8a1179952d90ea7"
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 1292 (97th) — JUV COURT - POST RELEASE

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 giving the court the ability to require the Department of Juvenile Justice to report about efforts to secure post-release placement.

## 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=09700SB1292&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56992&DocNum=1292&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1292eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56992&DocNum=1292&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1292enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=56992&DocNum=1292&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Marlow H. Colvin — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2011-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2011
- **2011-04-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
- **2011-04-15** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 4, 2011 `reading-3`
- **2011-05-03** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2011-05-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dena M. Carli
- **2011-05-27** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2011
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
- **2011-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2011-05-28** Added Alternate 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 January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0518 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24d89fe2-a81b-4fd8-8811-d30ff5c9c50d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).