---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUV CT-CONFIDENTIALITY"
description: "Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a statement, admission, confession, or incriminating information made by or obtained from a minor or parent or guardian as part of any behavioral health screening, assessment, evaluation, or treatment, whether or not court-ordered, shall not be admissible as evidence against the minor on the issue of whether the minor committed a delinquent act in a juvenile court proceeding or on the issue of guilt in a criminal proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 6129"
citation: "Illinois HB 6129 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72758ef1-b323-45fe-b7e2-10c8e0ce929d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6129&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52109&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b05838d010cf76773d1dea2611dde631b48e057d56ad80751d1144ea6a289dea"
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 6129 (96th) — JUV CT-CONFIDENTIALITY

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a statement, admission, confession, or incriminating information made by or obtained from a minor or parent or guardian as part of any behavioral health screening, assessment, evaluation, or treatment, whether or not court-ordered, shall not be admissible as evidence against the minor on the issue of whether the minor committed a delinquent act in a juvenile court proceeding or on the issue of guilt in a criminal proceeding.

## 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=09600HB6129&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52109&DocNum=6129&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6129eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52109&DocNum=6129&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6129enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52109&DocNum=6129&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **93–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William D. Burns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William D. Burns `filing`
- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Juvenile Justice Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Juvenile Justice Reform Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William D. Burns `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 093-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2010-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1251 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72758ef1-b323-45fe-b7e2-10c8e0ce929d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).