---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABUSED CHILD ACT-FALSE RPTS"
description: "Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Enhances the criminal penalty for persons who knowingly transmit a false report of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Children and Family Services. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1950"
citation: "Illinois SB 1950 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adefeb77-dca6-4d92-a3a4-d1ce6ab94eff"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1950&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58074&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "f09a1959838575be5501883b63bcc951483e56acb4e2ce7913024456f0468294"
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 1950 (97th) — ABUSED CHILD ACT-FALSE RPTS

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Enhances the criminal penalty for persons who knowingly transmit a false report of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Children and Family Services. 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=09700SB1950&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58074&DocNum=1950&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1950eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58074&DocNum=1950&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1950enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58074&DocNum=1950&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado `filing`
- **2011-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2011
- **2011-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2011
- **2011-04-08** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2011-04-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2011-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2011-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2011-05-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2011-05-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2011-05-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2011-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2011-05-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-06** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2011
- **2011-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0189 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adefeb77-dca6-4d92-a3a4-d1ce6ab94eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).