---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUV CT-DETENTION AGE"
description: "Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Raises the minimum age for detention of a delinquent or alleged delinquent minor from 10 years of age to 13 years of age. Raises the minimum age in which a minor may be detained in a county jail or a municipal lockup from 12 to 13 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 2567"
citation: "Illinois HB 2567 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-18"
last_action: "2015-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40876f4b-5e64-4f5e-830d-faf0f7aae3ce"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2567&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=88048&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "a71fcc4fe616504f9c33d3116e2a53b41762a94b36bcba64efa982247255f86b"
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 2567 (99th) — JUV CT-DETENTION AGE

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Raises the minimum age for detention of a delinquent or alleged delinquent minor from 10 years of age to 13 years of age. Raises the minimum age in which a minor may be detained in a county jail or a municipal lockup from 12 to 13 years of age.

## 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=09900HB2567&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=88048&DocNum=2567&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB2567eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=88048&DocNum=2567&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB2567enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=88048&DocNum=2567&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **82–33** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `filing`
- **2015-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-02** Assigned to Juvenile Justice & System-Involved Youth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Juvenile Justice & System-Involved Youth Committee
- **2015-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
- **2015-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Juvenile Justice & System-Involved Youth Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Juvenile Justice & System-Involved Youth Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-033-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2015-04-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 16, 2015 `reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2015-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Do Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2015
- **2015-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2015-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2015-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2015
- **2015-05-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2015-05-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2015-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0254 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40876f4b-5e64-4f5e-830d-faf0f7aae3ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).