---
type: "Bill"
title: "MISSING PERSONS REPORT"
description: "Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that no law enforcement agency may refuse to accept a missing person report on the basis of the missing person's mental state or medical condition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 4097"
citation: "Illinois HB 4097 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09a222ec-56b9-4154-8d39-f2af2da3a2c5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4097&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=90316&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "bf87cbfa411aa0d6202fee95994f4d748d97027e2f47396899bca1c2127017e4"
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 4097 (99th) — MISSING PERSONS REPORT

Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Provides that no law enforcement agency may refuse to accept a missing person report on the basis of the missing person's mental state or medical condition.

## 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=09900HB4097&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90316&DocNum=4097&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4097eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90316&DocNum=4097&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4097enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=90316&DocNum=4097&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dwight Kay — primary (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dwight Kay `filing`
- **2015-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `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 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2015 `reading-1`
- **2015-04-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter
- **2015-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
- **2015-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
- **2015-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2015-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-03** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0244 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09a222ec-56b9-4154-8d39-f2af2da3a2c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).