republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-3223.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-CHILD DEATH INVESTIGATION"
description: "Amends the Child Death Review Team Act by repealing provisions permitting the Child Death Review Teams Executive Council to establish in the Southern Region of the State a special Child Death Investigation Task Force. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall establish a Child Death Investigation Task Force to operate in the Southern Region of the State and in other regions at the discretion of the Director of the Department. Requires the Task Force to develop and implement a plan for the investigation of sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child fatalities or near fatalities of children under 18 years of age occurring within that region. Requires the Task Force's plan to include provisions for local or State law enforcement agencies and other specified entities to promptly notify the Task Force of a sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child fatality or near fatality of a child, and for the Task Force to review and investigate the notification. Requires the investigation to include coordination among members of a multidisciplinary team. Provides for appointment of a Board of Directors to govern the Task Force. Provides for State indemnification of the Task Force and the Board of Directors, except for willful or wanton misconduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 3223"
citation: "Illinois SB 3223 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246ff3ea-dbda-4e00-825a-8d838e2c369a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3223&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110935&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "b46dca344d83872532094f61fff3d5b794a068be0b6b2136f65e29db695c6be0"
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 SB 3223 (100th) — DCFS-CHILD DEATH INVESTIGATION

Amends the Child Death Review Team Act by repealing provisions permitting the Child Death Review Teams Executive Council to establish in the Southern Region of the State a special Child Death Investigation Task Force. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall establish a Child Death Investigation Task Force to operate in the Southern Region of the State and in other regions at the discretion of the Director of the Department. Requires the Task Force to develop and implement a plan for the investigation of sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child fatalities or near fatalities of children under 18 years of age occurring within that region. Requires the Task Force's plan to include provisions for local or State law enforcement agencies and other specified entities to promptly notify the Task Force of a sudden, unexpected, or unexplained child fatality or near fatality of a child, and for the Task Force to review and investigate the notification. Requires the investigation to include coordination among members of a multidisciplinary team. Provides for appointment of a Board of Directors to govern the Task Force. Provides for State indemnification of the Task Force and the Board of Directors, except for willful or wanton misconduct.

## 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=10000SB3223&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110935&DocNum=3223&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3223eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110935&DocNum=3223&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3223enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110935&DocNum=3223&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **100–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 10, 2018
- **2018-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2018
- **2018-04-18** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2018-04-18** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2018-04-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2018-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-001-000 `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 . . . . . . . . . 100-0733 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/246ff3ea-dbda-4e00-825a-8d838e2c369a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).