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Bill	PARENTAL RIGHT TERMINATION	Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that unless good cause exists that filing a petition to terminate parental rights is contrary to the child's best interests, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request the State's Attorney to file a petition or motion for termination of parental rights and appointment of guardian of the person with power to consent to adoption of the minor under the Act if the parent is criminally convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a child, or permitting sexual abuse of a child. Makes technical changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 218	Illinois SB 218 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	44	2	2019-01-31	2019-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/90a56ea1-b648-4eba-8377-524fc313a7d6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=218&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=116103&SessionID=108&GA=101	422dd74e879df47c11706698c11aba04b904bb2af58fc5b630fc20a74226042f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 218 (101st) — PARENTAL RIGHT TERMINATION

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that unless good cause exists that filing a petition to terminate parental rights is contrary to the child's best interests, the Department of Children and Family Services shall request the State's Attorney to file a petition or motion for termination of parental rights and appointment of guardian of the person with power to consent to adoption of the minor under the Act if the parent is criminally convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a child, or permitting sexual abuse of a child. Makes technical changes.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dave Severin — cosponsor (person)
• Grant Wehrli — cosponsor (person)
• John F. Curran — cosponsor (person)
• John M. Cabello — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Willis — primary (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Windhorst — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton filing
• 2019-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-31 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2019-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2019-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-03-20 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
• 2019-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2019-04-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019
• 2019-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
• 2019-04-11 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; T. Cullerton amendment-passage
• 2019-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2019-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2019-04-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
• 2019-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-04-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2019-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2019-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 014-003-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
• 2019-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-24 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019
• 2019-05-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
• 2019-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
• 2019-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
• 2019-05-26 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
• 2019-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-23 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0529 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90a56ea1-b648-4eba-8377-524fc313a7d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).