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Bill	JUV CT- PLACEMENT ORDERS	Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that if, after reviewing the evidence, including evidence provided from the Department of Children and Family Services, the court determines that the minor's current or planned placement is not necessary or appropriate to facilitate achievement of the permanency goal, the court shall put in writing the factual basis supporting this determination, enter specific findings based on the evidence, enter other orders necessary to protect the health, safety, and best interests of the minor and may direct the Department to implement a recommendation by a clinician, Department, or assigned agency. Provides that if the Department places a minor in a placement under an order, the Department may remove the minor from the placement when a change in circumstances necessitates the removal of the minor to protect the minor's health, safety, and best interest. Provides that if the Department determines a removal of the minor is necessary, the Department shall notify the minor's counsel or guardian ad litem of the planned placement change in writing no later than 10 days prior to the implementation of the Department's determination unless remaining in the placement poses an imminent risk of harm to the minor, in which case the Department shall notify the minor's counsel or guardian ad litem of the placement change in writing immediately following the implementation of the Department's determination. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 1791	Illinois HB 1791 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2017-02-01	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/589670e2-2a44-4182-8fe3-c13ba005d66a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1791&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=102378&SessionID=91&GA=100	8e316dd31ea67d4162a43908d6c1a5c9ad4e3884ff7293df06ab0caf180e4cda	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1791 (100th) — JUV CT- PLACEMENT ORDERS

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that if, after reviewing the evidence, including evidence provided from the Department of Children and Family Services, the court determines that the minor's current or planned placement is not necessary or appropriate to facilitate achievement of the permanency goal, the court shall put in writing the factual basis supporting this determination, enter specific findings based on the evidence, enter other orders necessary to protect the health, safety, and best interests of the minor and may direct the Department to implement a recommendation by a clinician, Department, or assigned agency. Provides that if the Department places a minor in a placement under an order, the Department may remove the minor from the placement when a change in circumstances necessitates the removal of the minor to protect the minor's health, safety, and best interest. Provides that if the Department determines a removal of the minor is necessary, the Department shall notify the minor's counsel or guardian ad litem of the planned placement change in writing no later than 10 days prior to the implementation of the Department's determination unless remaining in the placement poses an imminent risk of harm to the minor, in which case the Department shall notify the minor's counsel or guardian ad litem of the placement change in writing immediately following the implementation of the Department's determination. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-01 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2017-02-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2017-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-02-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2017-02-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-23 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-07 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2017-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2017-03-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2017-03-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-28 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 29, 2017 reading-1
• 2017-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2017-04-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2017
• 2017-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0045 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/589670e2-2a44-4182-8fe3-c13ba005d66a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).