republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/sb-3232.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABANDONED INFANTS-HOSPITALS"
description: "Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. In a provision concerning hospital procedures with respect to a relinquished infant, provides that if a person who relinquished or a person claiming to be the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and contact information of the child welfare agency to whom custody of the infant was transferred. In a provision concerning child welfare agency procedures, requires the Department of Children and Family Services and child welfare agencies to initiate parental termination, guardianship, and adoption proceedings in accordance with the Adoption Act (rather than the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3232"
citation: "Illinois SB 3232 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann M. Williams", "Sara Feigenholtz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c90a6e8-4619-4ad5-948e-08e196351fb2"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3232&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152534&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "d38f543b3fad7392f8c8002f0a767f76404d5545c1b8eab054cca6502f729ee3"
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 SB 3232 (103rd) — ABANDONED INFANTS-HOSPITALS

Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. In a provision concerning hospital procedures with respect to a relinquished infant, provides that if a person who relinquished or a person claiming to be the parent of a newborn infant returns to reclaim the infant within 30 days after the infant was relinquished to a hospital, the hospital must inform such person of the name and contact information of the child welfare agency to whom custody of the infant was transferred. In a provision concerning child welfare agency procedures, requires the Department of Children and Family Services and child welfare agencies to initiate parental termination, guardianship, and adoption proceedings in accordance with the Adoption Act (rather than the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act).

## 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/SB/PDF/10300SB3232.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3232eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3232sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3232enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary, Amendment 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Adoption & Child Welfare — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2024-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2024-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
- **2024-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 013-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2024-05-13** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0958 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c90a6e8-4619-4ad5-948e-08e196351fb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).