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Bill	DCFS ACT-ADOPTION ASSISTANCE	Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services may continue to provide financial assistance and education assistance grants for a child who was determined eligible for financial assistance in the interim period beginning when the child's adoptive parents died and ending with the finalization of the new adoption assistance agreement for the child with another adoptive parent or parents.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 1548	Illinois HB 1548 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	47	2	2005-02-10	2005-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/41837372-4174-419c-ae7f-b6ac3bf5bc7a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1548&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16365&SessionID=50&GA=94	ffdf4c537da54f8c59b008bf33a9628ccf72db1ecbfb7f95396b1c910534ad79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1548 (94th) — DCFS ACT-ADOPTION ASSISTANCE

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services may continue to provide financial assistance and education assistance grants for a child who was determined eligible for financial assistance in the interim period beginning when the child's adoptive parents died and ending with the finalization of the new adoption assistance agreement for the child with another adoptive parent or parents.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie filing
• 2005-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-16 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2005-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 amendment-passage
• 2005-03-02 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2005-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2005-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-03-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2005-04-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-11 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
• 2005-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2005
• 2005-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Health & Human Services
• 2005-05-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-14 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0215 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41837372-4174-419c-ae7f-b6ac3bf5bc7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).