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Bill	JUV COURT-SIGNIFICANT EVENTS	Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall provide a minor's guardian ad litem or a minor's attorney appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, with a copy of each significant event report, as defined by Department rule, involving the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or earlier as required by Department rule. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a guardian ad litem appointed or attorney appointed under the Act, shall receive a copy of each significant event report, as defined by Department of Children and Family Services rule, that involves the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or earlier as required by Department rule.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 5257	Illinois HB 5257 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2018-02-15	2018-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/8dda4165-7b1d-4097-a2f0-c205ab27672a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5257&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110971&SessionID=91&GA=100	18a8263a9280f5cdc5c9166b6e24cd27ae58fd92a2f6e64f315a7c197f4a9499	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5257 (100th) — JUV COURT-SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall provide a minor's guardian ad litem or a minor's attorney appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, with a copy of each significant event report, as defined by Department rule, involving the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or earlier as required by Department rule. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a guardian ad litem appointed or attorney appointed under the Act, shall receive a copy of each significant event report, as defined by Department of Children and Family Services rule, that involves the minor no later than 3 days after the Department learns of an event requiring a significant event report to be written, or earlier as required by Department rule.

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 — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Nybo — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-26 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2018-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-03-07 Remains in Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2018-03-07 To Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee
• 2018-03-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
• 2018-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
• 2018-04-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2018-04-10 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-10 Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
• 2018-04-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2018-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
• 2018-05-01 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
• 2018-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2018
• 2018-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-03 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-03 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0689 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8dda4165-7b1d-4097-a2f0-c205ab27672a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).