---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTIES-CHILD ADVOCACY CTR"
description: "Amends the Children's Advocacy Center Act. Makes legislative findings. Defines required terms. Modifies the composition of the Advisory Board. Sets forth requirements for establishing a written protocol. Expands the list of components of a Child Advocacy Center's investigation into child maltreatment cases. Makes other changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5990"
citation: "Illinois HB 5990 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf007535-4d6e-4a24-a775-c278d3c917c0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5990&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81300&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "eb3f06b7e8f6b34de1956580a1ae3788c44c88abc6a58cc61bd11b7b5bd3a886"
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 5990 (98th) — COUNTIES-CHILD ADVOCACY CTR

Amends the Children's Advocacy Center Act. Makes legislative findings. Defines required terms. Modifies the composition of the Advisory Board. Sets forth requirements for establishing a written protocol. Expands the list of components of a Child Advocacy Center's investigation into child maltreatment cases. Makes other changes.

## 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=09800HB5990&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81300&DocNum=5990&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5990eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81300&DocNum=5990&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5990enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81300&DocNum=5990&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Mussman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2014-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2014-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2014-03-03** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
- **2014-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2014-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Conroy
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
- **2014-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
- **2014-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2014-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2014-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2014-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2014-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2014-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2014-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2014-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2014-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2014-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2014-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2014-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2014-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
- **2014-05-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2014-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0809 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf007535-4d6e-4a24-a775-c278d3c917c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).