republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-3394.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABUSED KIDS-SCHOOL EMPLOYEE"
description: "Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In provisions concerning abuse and neglect investigations involving a school employee, provides that if the Child Protective Service Unit has not conducted an investigation involving an allegation against a teacher or school employee within 3 weeks of the initial report to the Department of Children and Family Services, the school administrator, upon notification of the investigation by the Unit, may either place the teacher or employee on paid administrative leave or separate the teacher or employee from the alleged victim so that there shall be no contact between the 2 individuals during the course of the investigation. Provides that if the investigation is not completed within 3 weeks after notification to the school administrator, the administrator may, in his or her sole discretion, return the teacher or employee who is under investigation to his or her assigned position and assignments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3394"
citation: "Illinois HB 3394 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6dd3bf-ca0c-45c4-b823-80f213ede2b4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3394&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105148&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "5c24c3070748ee1d80e7a49329a181a78ed799fa4bd185ea3193f5157a0950b6"
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 3394 (100th) — ABUSED KIDS-SCHOOL EMPLOYEE

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In provisions concerning abuse and neglect investigations involving a school employee, provides that if the Child Protective Service Unit has not conducted an investigation involving an allegation against a teacher or school employee within 3 weeks of the initial report to the Department of Children and Family Services, the school administrator, upon notification of the investigation by the Unit, may either place the teacher or employee on paid administrative leave or separate the teacher or employee from the alleged victim so that there shall be no contact between the 2 individuals during the course of the investigation. Provides that if the investigation is not completed within 3 weeks after notification to the school administrator, the administrator may, in his or her sole discretion, return the teacher or employee who is under investigation to his or her assigned position and assignments.

## 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=10000HB3394&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105148&DocNum=3394&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3394eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105148&DocNum=3394&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3394enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105148&DocNum=3394&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)
- Pat McGuire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `filing`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight
- **2017-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 008-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2017-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 5, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2017-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
- **2017-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
- **2017-05-25** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0176 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f6dd3bf-ca0c-45c4-b823-80f213ede2b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).