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type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-RACIAL DISPARITIES REPORT"
description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that no later than December 31, 2022, and no later than December 31 of each year thereafter, the Department of Children and Family Services shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding racial disparities for children and families involved in the child welfare system. Provides that the report shall be conducted by a research institution at a public university and must include, at a minimum, the following de-aggregated data by race as compared, where appropriate, to population-level data: (1) education success, health and behavioral health, housing, jobs or economic justice, criminal justice, and other key metrics that serve as indicators of child and family well-being and can measure socioeconomic conditions in communities; and (2) children and families involved in a safety plan, the number of protective custodies, the number of investigations of each type of abuse and neglect allegation described in a specified provision of the Illinois Administrative Code and the findings of such investigations, the number of Department recommended court filings for each allegation type, the number of intakes into the foster care system, placement settings, lengths of stay, and permanency outcomes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 2914"
citation: "Illinois HB 2914 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary E. Flowers", "Napoleon Harris, III"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c0fc14-f4c5-4c0b-a5fc-a7f3084f0e43"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2914&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=131812&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "f82614ba16e08171abc3b31e630d090689af3846a2d0a309191f0abc57d88a5a"
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 2914 (102nd) — DCFS-RACIAL DISPARITIES REPORT
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that no later than December 31, 2022, and no later than December 31 of each year thereafter, the Department of Children and Family Services shall prepare and submit an annual report, covering the previous fiscal year, to the General Assembly regarding racial disparities for children and families involved in the child welfare system. Provides that the report shall be conducted by a research institution at a public university and must include, at a minimum, the following de-aggregated data by race as compared, where appropriate, to population-level data: (1) education success, health and behavioral health, housing, jobs or economic justice, criminal justice, and other key metrics that serve as indicators of child and family well-being and can measure socioeconomic conditions in communities; and (2) children and families involved in a safety plan, the number of protective custodies, the number of investigations of each type of abuse and neglect allegation described in a specified provision of the Illinois Administrative Code and the findings of such investigations, the number of Department recommended court filings for each allegation type, the number of intakes into the foster care system, placement settings, lengths of stay, and permanency outcomes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2914.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2914eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2914enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `filing`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2021-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2021-04-15** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2021-05-04** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2021
- **2021-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0451 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c0fc14-f4c5-4c0b-a5fc-a7f3084f0e43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).