---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTION ACT-TERMINALLY ILL"
description: "Amends the Adoption Act. Removes the definition of and references to \"terminally ill\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 6564"
citation: "Illinois HB 6564 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-06"
last_action: "2004-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e4eacdf-560f-48ef-96d4-f78adc68a9ee"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6564&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=11807&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "0b745ff11725d4efecb91e26dc07c8bc8feb54feea1c151fd45ba97e197bb2cb"
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 6564 (93rd) — ADOPTION ACT-TERMINALLY ILL

Amends the Adoption Act. Removes the definition of and references to "terminally ill".

## 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=09300HB6564&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=11807&DocNum=6564&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB6564eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=11807&DocNum=6564&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB6564enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=11807&DocNum=6564&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `filing`
- **2004-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2004-02-19** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2004-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2004-03-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2004-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2004
- **2004-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2004
- **2004-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-14** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0732 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e4eacdf-560f-48ef-96d4-f78adc68a9ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).