republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/90th/hb-951.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTION-DRUG ADDICTED BABIES"
description: "ADOPTION-DRUG ADDICTED BABIES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 951"
citation: "Illinois HB 951 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a78d9ae1-b558-4341-a2b6-675f66b3e002"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "3b265430c40145fdbccf16fd0bcb5dd33230d406a3f8d333f74505bae67793f9"
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 951 (90th) — ADOPTION-DRUG ADDICTED BABIES

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0951LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGERT — cosponsor (person)
- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CROSS — cosponsor (person)
- ERWIN — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- LINDNER — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- WOOD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROSS
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BIGGERT
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CIVIL LAW H
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ERWIN
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOD
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-LINDNER
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DART
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED DART
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED DART
- **1997-04-11T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-LINDNER
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUEST-WITHDRAWN DART
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-LINDNER
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-24
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CARROLL
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SJUD
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-08
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-09
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-10T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-06-13
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0013

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a78d9ae1-b558-4341-a2b6-675f66b3e002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).