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Bill	VITAL RECORDS-BIRTH RECORD	Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that an individual's status as a person under guardianship with the Office of State Guardian may be verified with a copy of the court order placing the individual under the guardianship of the Office. Provides that applicable fees for a new birth certificate and search for a birth record or certified copy of a birth record shall be waived for all requests made by the Office for an individual under guardianship of the Office. Provides that the State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish standards and procedures for waiver of the applicable fees. Provides that an individual under guardianship of the Office shall be provided no more than 4 birth records annually.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 4727	Illinois HB 4727 (103rd)	bill		enacted	Patrick J. Joyce William "Will" Davis	4	32	5	2024-02-02	2024-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/e588c2b9-6256-44f4-877a-8a5c7dc61c84	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4727&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=152385&SessionID=112	4ee4baad6483a8cbf196d7eea0c072ba153623a2757725ec051e9aa2ed76a3c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4727 (103rd) — VITAL RECORDS-BIRTH RECORD

Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that an individual's status as a person under guardianship with the Office of State Guardian may be verified with a copy of the court order placing the individual under the guardianship of the Office. Provides that applicable fees for a new birth certificate and search for a birth record or certified copy of a birth record shall be waived for all requests made by the Office for an individual under guardianship of the Office. Provides that the State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish standards and procedures for waiver of the applicable fees. Provides that an individual under guardianship of the Office shall be provided no more than 4 birth records annually.

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

• Adoption & Child Welfare — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Adoption & Child Welfare, Amendment 1 — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
• Judiciary — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick J. Joyce — primary (person)
• William "Will" Davis — primary (person)
• Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William "Will" Davis filing
• 2024-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-02-28 Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 014-000-000
• 2024-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William "Will" Davis amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2024-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee
• 2024-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2024-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2024-04-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2024-04-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2024-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
• 2024-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2024-04-19 Referred to Assignments
• 2024-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-04-30 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
• 2024-05-08 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
• 2024-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2024 reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2024-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2024-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2024-07-19 Effective Date July 1, 2025
• 2024-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0682 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e588c2b9-6256-44f4-877a-8a5c7dc61c84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).