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Bill	CHILD FORENSIC INTERVIEW	Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that every child reported to the Department of Children and Family Services or law enforcement to be a victim of sexual assault or sexual abuse whose case is accepted by either agency for investigation has the right to have that child's forensic interview conducted by a forensic interviewer from a children's advocacy center accredited according to the Children's Advocacy Center Act and serving the child's area, when such service is available. Provides that the right may be asserted by the child or the child's parent or guardian informing the investigating personnel at the Department of Children and Family Services or the law enforcement agency that the parent or guardian wants the child to have the child's interview conducted by the children's advocacy center.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 3462	Illinois HB 3462 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Fred Crespo John F. Curran	4	41	1	2021-02-19	2021-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/20a81986-5aba-453a-8ad8-07c17a5be2e5	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3462&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=132445&SessionID=110&GA=102	6c3c7ff77678c718c7ef0e19df690b6f84a3bcbbf641ff675a76c849a7b695eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3462 (102nd) — CHILD FORENSIC INTERVIEW

Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that every child reported to the Department of Children and Family Services or law enforcement to be a victim of sexual assault or sexual abuse whose case is accepted by either agency for investigation has the right to have that child's forensic interview conducted by a forensic interviewer from a children's advocacy center accredited according to the Children's Advocacy Center Act and serving the child's area, when such service is available. Provides that the right may be asserted by the child or the child's parent or guardian informing the investigating personnel at the Department of Children and Family Services or the law enforcement agency that the parent or guardian wants the child to have the child's interview conducted by the children's advocacy center.

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fred Crespo — primary (person)
• John F. Curran — primary (person)
• Craig Wilcox — cosponsor (person)
• Donald P. DeWitte — cosponsor (person)
• Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• John Connor — cosponsor (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Mussman — cosponsor (person)
• Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo filing
• 2021-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee
• 2021-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
• 2021-04-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2021-04-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2021-04-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-16 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 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. John F. Curran
• 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. John Connor
• 2021-04-29 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2021-05-10 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
• 2021-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2021
• 2021-05-20 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
• 2021-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2021-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-25 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 . . . . . . . . . 102-0477 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20a81986-5aba-453a-8ad8-07c17a5be2e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).