---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTION-REASONABLE PROGRESS"
description: "ADOPTION-REASONABLE PROGRESS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 1298"
citation: "Illinois HB 1298 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53de04fd-9e37-462b-8437-e551515fd93f"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "8c364db0cfd01bb641883e3ae6010a951dbcd2967c2b89cd94097b4b29920694"
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 1298 (91st) — ADOPTION-REASONABLE PROGRESS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB1298LV.html)

## Sponsors

- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- LINDNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-17
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-001 SJUD
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-22
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-04-27
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-001 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0373

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53de04fd-9e37-462b-8437-e551515fd93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).