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type: "Bill"
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title: "FOSTER CHILDREN-RIGHTS"
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description: "Amends the Foster Children's Bill of Rights Act. In addition to other specified rights, provides that it is the policy of the State that every child and adult in the care of the Department of Children and Family Services who is placed in foster care shall have the right to be placed in the least restrictive and most family-like setting available and in close proximity to his or her parent's home consistent with his or her health, safety, best interests, and special needs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "100th"
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identifier: "HB 3542"
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citation: "Illinois HB 3542 (100th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-02-10"
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last_action: "2017-08-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d5892e-33d6-429f-a171-cc80b27f4b86"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3542&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=105410&SessionID=91&GA=100"
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source_hash: "75f8612fe01b2007336165dcb05650ab19ee3f8beb1499205e239326e706a1c9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 3542 (100th) — FOSTER CHILDREN-RIGHTS
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Amends the Foster Children's Bill of Rights Act. In addition to other specified rights, provides that it is the policy of the State that every child and adult in the care of the Department of Children and Family Services who is placed in foster care shall have the right to be placed in the least restrictive and most family-like setting available and in close proximity to his or her parent's home consistent with his or her health, safety, best interests, and special needs.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3542&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105410&DocNum=3542&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3542eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105410&DocNum=3542&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3542enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=105410&DocNum=3542&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
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- Litesa E. Wallace — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace `filing`
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- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-01** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2017-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2017-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2017-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
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- **2017-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-03** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
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- **2017-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
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- **2017-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2017-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
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- **2017-05-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
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- **2017-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-05-26** Passed Both Houses
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- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2017-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2018
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- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0189 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16d5892e-33d6-429f-a171-cc80b27f4b86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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