---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABANDOND INFANT-POLICE STATION"
description: "Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides for relinquishment of a newborn infant to a police station (in addition to a hospital, fire station, or emergency medical facility). Provides that \"police station\" means a municipal police station or a county sheriff's office. Provides that a police station to which a newborn infant is relinquished must arrange for the transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon as transportation can be arranged. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2583"
citation: "Illinois SB 2583 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-04"
last_action: "2004-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8de7c5e7-f3ff-4682-9b5d-b608cfa19daf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2583&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=9043&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "e6dedcbda0d821684eb542e4bd73743200592c3286699f6d298deafd17a96cc6"
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 2583 (93rd) — ABANDOND INFANT-POLICE STATION

Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides for relinquishment of a newborn infant to a police station (in addition to a hospital, fire station, or emergency medical facility). Provides that "police station" means a municipal police station or a county sheriff's office. Provides that a police station to which a newborn infant is relinquished must arrange for the transportation of the infant to the nearest hospital as soon as transportation can be arranged. 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=09300SB2583&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9043&DocNum=2583&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2583eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9043&DocNum=2583&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2583enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=9043&DocNum=2583&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carole Pankau — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)
- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- Karen May — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Reid Lindner — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Cultra — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2004-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-25** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2004
- **2004-03-03** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2004-03-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2004-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2004-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2004-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2004-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2004-03-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2004-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carole Pankau
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2004-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-27** Effective Date July 27, 2004
- **2004-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0820 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8de7c5e7-f3ff-4682-9b5d-b608cfa19daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).