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type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN-FAIR FINGERPRINTS"
description: "Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department to retain the fingerprint record of a child fingerprinted at a Department data collection location. Requires the permission of the child's parent or guardian and permits retention and use only if the child is later missing or abducted, if an Amber Alert is issued for that child, or if a missing person report is filed for that child. Requires that the Department destroy the record after the child reaches age 18, unless the 18-year-old authorizes retention of the record."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Illinois HB 181 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-11"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25971ef8-b1de-4aab-8447-8d6ce40c45ba"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=181&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14360&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "cb3d236bc732e1b1eee3027ef863ed63c9c62d429e42aa7f1cf9de2aaeca0ddc"
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 181 (94th) — CHILDREN-FAIR FINGERPRINTS
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department to retain the fingerprint record of a child fingerprinted at a Department data collection location. Requires the permission of the child's parent or guardian and permits retention and use only if the child is later missing or abducted, if an Amber Alert is issued for that child, or if a missing person report is filed for that child. Requires that the Department destroy the record after the child reaches age 18, unless the 18-year-old authorizes retention of the record.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0181&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14360&DocNum=181&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0181eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14360&DocNum=181&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0181enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14360&DocNum=181&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jim Watson — primary (person)
- John M. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-01-11** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson `filing`
- **2005-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-08** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0481 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25971ef8-b1de-4aab-8447-8d6ce40c45ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).