republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-2913.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABANDONED INFANT PROTECT-AGE"
description: "Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides that \"newborn infant\" means a child who a licensed physician reasonably believes is 7 days (instead of 72 hours) old or less at the time the child is initially relinquished to a hospital or other authorized facility. Makes conforming changes in the definition of \"relinquish\" and in a provision concerning a public information program by the Department of Children and Family Services. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2913"
citation: "Illinois SB 2913 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-20"
last_action: "2006-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33f57d82-150b-463a-b581-b277986edfb7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2913&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=24021&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "01e2b9c3ef95198313c090ee0496b0a76d68406cd10305b816a60eeae7b4d28e"
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 2913 (94th) — ABANDONED INFANT PROTECT-AGE

Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Provides that "newborn infant" means a child who a licensed physician reasonably believes is 7 days (instead of 72 hours) old or less at the time the child is initially relinquished to a hospital or other authorized facility. Makes conforming changes in the definition of "relinquish" and in a provision concerning a public information program by the Department of Children and Family Services. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400SB2913&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24021&DocNum=2913&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2913eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24021&DocNum=2913&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2913enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24021&DocNum=2913&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)
- Monique D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
- Renee Kosel — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald A. Wait — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2006-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-16** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2006-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2006
- **2006-02-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2006-02-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2006-02-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-02-24** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2006-02-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven J. Rauschenberger
- **2006-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
- **2006-04-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2006-04-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2006-04-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Renee Kosel
- **2006-04-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2006-04-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2006-05-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-26** Effective Date June 26, 2006
- **2006-06-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0941 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33f57d82-150b-463a-b581-b277986edfb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).