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Bill ADOPTION ACT Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that a person may commence an adoption proceeding for a youth in care only if the youth in care is placed with the petitioning person or persons by the Department of Children and Family Services at the time the petition is filed, and the Department has provided its consent to the adoption or has otherwise approved the adoption. Requires the Department to adopt rules or procedures or both as to what constitutes its approval of the adoption. Provides that a person whose rights have been terminated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 does not have to be made a defendant in a petition for adoption. Provides that the following persons must be given notice of a petition for adoption unless the person has been determined not to be a parent of the child or has had parental rights terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction: (i) any person who is recorded on the child's birth certificate as the child's parent; (ii) any person who is openly living with the child or the child's mother at the time the proceeding is initiated and holds out the child as that person's child; (iii) any person who has been identified as the child's parent by the mother in a written, sworn statement, including an Affidavit of Identification; or (iv) any person who was married to the child's mother on the date of the child's birth or within 300 days before the child's birth, unless that person has been determined not to be the parent of the child or has had parental rights terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 104th SB 103 Illinois SB 103 (104th)
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Illinois SB 103 (104th) — ADOPTION ACT

Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that a person may commence an adoption proceeding for a youth in care only if the youth in care is placed with the petitioning person or persons by the Department of Children and Family Services at the time the petition is filed, and the Department has provided its consent to the adoption or has otherwise approved the adoption. Requires the Department to adopt rules or procedures or both as to what constitutes its approval of the adoption. Provides that a person whose rights have been terminated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 does not have to be made a defendant in a petition for adoption. Provides that the following persons must be given notice of a petition for adoption unless the person has been determined not to be a parent of the child or has had parental rights terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction: (i) any person who is recorded on the child's birth certificate as the child's parent; (ii) any person who is openly living with the child or the child's mother at the time the proceeding is initiated and holds out the child as that person's child; (iii) any person who has been identified as the child's parent by the mother in a written, sworn statement, including an Affidavit of Identification; or (iv) any person who was married to the child's mother on the date of the child's birth or within 300 days before the child's birth, unless that person has been determined not to be the parent of the child or has had parental rights terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction.

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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third Reading — 1140 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 180 (pass) · lower
  • Judiciary, Amendment 1 — 80 (pass) · upper
  • Judiciary, Amendment 2 — 80 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading, Amendment 1 — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Judiciary — 80 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 520 (pass) · upper
  • Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 570 (pass) · upper
  • Judiciary — 60 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
  • Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
  • Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz filing
  • 2025-01-17 First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-01-17 Referred to Assignments
  • 2025-01-22 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2025-01-31 Postponed - Judiciary
  • 2025-02-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
  • 2025-02-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  • 2025-02-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
  • 2025-02-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-20 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000
  • 2025-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2025 reading-2
  • 2025-03-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
  • 2025-03-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
  • 2025-03-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
  • 2025-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2025-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2025
  • 2025-04-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
  • 2025-04-03 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
  • 2025-04-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Feigenholtz amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  • 2025-04-04 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-04 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
  • 2025-04-04 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2025-04-04 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ann M. Williams
  • 2025-04-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
  • 2025-04-07 First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-04-07 Referred to Rules Committee
  • 2025-04-17 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-04-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 018-000-000
  • 2025-04-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2025-04-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ann M. Williams amendment-introduction
  • 2025-04-30 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  • 2025-05-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
  • 2025-05-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2025-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2025-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-05-21 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
  • 2025-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 22, 2025
  • 2025-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Sara Feigenholtz filing
  • 2025-05-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
  • 2025-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary
  • 2025-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
  • 2025-05-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
  • 2025-05-31 Senate Concurs
  • 2025-05-31 Passed Both Houses
  • 2025-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2025-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2026
  • 2025-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0348 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c21bcbbc-93df-4bcb-8675-ecf56f74d26a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).