republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-703.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INTERSTATE ADOPTIONS"
description: "Amends the Adoption Act. In a Section concerning adoption between multiple jurisdictions, adds a statement of public policy. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall promulgate procedures and requirements for interstate adoption placements of children and disseminate the information via specified channels no later than 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department may not require any further pre-adoption requirements. Provides that the procedures shall reflect the standard of review as stated in the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and approval shall be given by the Department if the placement appears not to be contrary to the best interests of the child. Adds provisions governing the timeline and procedures for interstate adoptions. Provides that communications concerning an interstate placement made between the Department and an Illinois licensed child welfare agency, an out-of-state child placing agency, and attorneys representing the prospective adoptive parent or biological parent may be made through any type of electronic means, including, but not limited to, electronic mail. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 703"
citation: "Illinois HB 703 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8eb1c1a-9b71-49bc-b97d-17026c65b47e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=703&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=101007&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "838acf8b3fd36fb265499f35e62bef19900892790719ac2dbe54ae440cf604a0"
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 703 (100th) — INTERSTATE ADOPTIONS

Amends the Adoption Act. In a Section concerning adoption between multiple jurisdictions, adds a statement of public policy. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall promulgate procedures and requirements for interstate adoption placements of children and disseminate the information via specified channels no later than 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Department may not require any further pre-adoption requirements. Provides that the procedures shall reflect the standard of review as stated in the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and approval shall be given by the Department if the placement appears not to be contrary to the best interests of the child. Adds provisions governing the timeline and procedures for interstate adoptions. Provides that communications concerning an interstate placement made between the Department and an Illinois licensed child welfare agency, an out-of-state child placing agency, and attorneys representing the prospective adoptive parent or biological parent may be made through any type of electronic means, including, but not limited to, electronic mail. Effective immediately.

## 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=10000HB0703&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101007&DocNum=703&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0703eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101007&DocNum=703&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0703enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101007&DocNum=703&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2017-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-02-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2017-02-28** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 1, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-25** Effective Date August 25, 2017
- **2017-08-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0344 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8eb1c1a-9b71-49bc-b97d-17026c65b47e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).