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Bill	CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY-INTERVIEW	Amends the Children's Advocacy Center Act. Provides that consent is not required for a forensic interview to be electronically recorded and that failure to record does not render a forensic interview inadmissible. Provides that a forensic interview, an electronic recording, or a transcription of an interview or electronic recording is confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying and may only be viewed by a court, attorneys, investigators, or experts for the purpose of judicial and administrative hearings and shall not be disseminated except pursuant to a court's protective order. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit electronically recorded forensic interviewing in accordance with provisions concerning surveillance and investigations in the Criminal Code of 2012 and Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Adds a definition and modifies a definition. Amends the Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2020.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 1418	Illinois SB 1418 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	74	4	2019-02-13	2019-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/8710d76f-e8c2-4a8a-836d-e13ce7055dc5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1418&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118347&SessionID=108&GA=101	645e3ade42a5ca4a73a0c7640bef6ed9146d650a4d7110c1dacd9b766be4a123	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1418 (101st) — CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY-INTERVIEW

Amends the Children's Advocacy Center Act. Provides that consent is not required for a forensic interview to be electronically recorded and that failure to record does not render a forensic interview inadmissible. Provides that a forensic interview, an electronic recording, or a transcription of an interview or electronic recording is confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying and may only be viewed by a court, attorneys, investigators, or experts for the purpose of judicial and administrative hearings and shall not be disseminated except pursuant to a court's protective order. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to limit or prohibit electronically recorded forensic interviewing in accordance with provisions concerning surveillance and investigations in the Criminal Code of 2012 and Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Adds a definition and modifies a definition. Amends the Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2020.

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

• Concurrence, Amendment 3 — 39–20 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 72–44 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 39–20 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Justin Slaughter — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford filing
• 2019-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2019-02-27 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
• 2019-02-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford amendment-introduction
• 2019-02-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-01 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2019-03-04 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2019-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2019-03-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-03-05 Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2019-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2019
• 2019-03-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2019-03-07 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
• 2019-03-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2019-04-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2019-04-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2019-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2019-04-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
• 2019-05-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2019-05-08 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-08 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-10 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-14 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-14 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2019-05-14 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
• 2019-05-14 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Executive Committee; Rep. Gregory Harris
• 2019-05-14 Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
• 2019-05-15 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-05-15 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-005-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-16 Sponsor Removed Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2019-05-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-22 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2019-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 008-005-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-29 Sponsor Removed Sen. John F. Curran
• 2019-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-044-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-30 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2019-05-30 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3
• 2019-05-30 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3 - May 31, 2019
• 2019-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Christopher Belt filing
• 2019-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Christopher Belt filing
• 2019-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government referral-committee
• 2019-05-30 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government referral-committee
• 2019-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government; 005-001-000
• 2019-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government; 005-001-000
• 2019-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 039-020-000
• 2019-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 039-020-000
• 2019-05-31 Senate Concurs
• 2019-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-26 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0584 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8710d76f-e8c2-4a8a-836d-e13ce7055dc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).