---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTION-PRE-JUDGMENT DEATH"
description: "ADOPTION-PRE-JUDGMENT DEATH"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 2727"
citation: "Illinois HB 2727 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-22T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0f037c0-70ba-41bf-bef8-8c13823638ac"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "6baf29aa5c39313a8f9cc7d081bc298673a24e625bdf052ca1b7224873803485"
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 2727 (91st) — ADOPTION-PRE-JUDGMENT DEATH

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB2727LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CRONIN — cosponsor (person)
- CULLERTON — cosponsor (person)
- CURRIE — cosponsor (person)
- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/PLACED ON CONSENT CALENDAR 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CONSENT CALENDAR 2ND READING
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR STEPHENS, BLACK,
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** DURKIN AND
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** TURNER,JOHN
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-001 `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
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR CRONIN
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-05-06
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-07
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CRONIN
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CRONIN
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CRONIN
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE SJUD
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA 02
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/CURRIE
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/117-000-000
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-17T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0573

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0f037c0-70ba-41bf-bef8-8c13823638ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).