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type: "Bill"
title: "DAY CARE CENTER-PARK EXEMPT"
description: "Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the term \"day care center\" does not include special activities programs, including recreation and programs offered by park districts to children who shall have attained the age of 3 years old if the program meets 5 hours at a time or less and no more than 25 hours during any week, and the park district conducts background investigations on employees of the program. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2277"
citation: "Illinois HB 2277 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna Moeller", "Julie A. Morrison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b62dc0ca-7242-4ebb-90cc-02eb67a42a9a"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2277&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147118&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "0c43c47bac26bf3b3e1b764a749353296cb9994112c5a601b4fa4d989d7b9bbc"
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 2277 (103rd) — DAY CARE CENTER-PARK EXEMPT
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the term "day care center" does not include special activities programs, including recreation and programs offered by park districts to children who shall have attained the age of 3 years old if the program meets 5 hours at a time or less and no more than 25 hours during any week, and the park district conducts background investigations on employees of the program. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2277.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2277eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2277ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2277enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Child Care Access & Early Childhood, Amendment 1 — **140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · lower
- Child Care Access & Early Childhood — **150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anna Moeller — primary (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller `filing`
- **2023-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee; 015-000-000
- **2023-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee
- **2023-03-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2023-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2023-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2023-03-21** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2023-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
- **2023-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2023
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0153 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b62dc0ca-7242-4ebb-90cc-02eb67a42a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).