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| Bill | ADOPTION ACT-CONSENTS | Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that the sole purpose of notice shall be to enable the person receiving the notice to appear in the adoption proceedings to present evidence to the court relevant to whether the consent or surrender of the person to the adoption is required by the Act (instead of to present evidence to the court relevant to the best interests of the child). Provides that, if the court determines that the consent or surrender of the person is not required, then the person shall not be entitled to participate in the proceedings or to any further notice of the proceedings. Adds to the exceptions to the requirement for consent and surrender: (i) the father of the child who is a family member of the mother of the child and the mother is under the age of 18 at the time of the child's conception; and (ii) the father of the child who is at least 5 years older than the child's mother and the mother was under the age of 17 at the time of child's conception, unless the mother and father voluntarily acknowledge the father's paternity of the child by marrying or by establishing the father's paternity by consent of the parties pursuant to the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or pursuant to a substantially similar statute in another state. Defines "family member". Removes from the exceptions to the requirement for consent and surrender a person who has been indicated for child sexual abuse as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act that involved sexual penetration of the mother and a person who was at least 5 years older than the mother and the mother was under the age of 17 at the time of conception of the child to be adopted. Removes any employee of a licensed child welfare agency certified by the agency as qualified to serve as a confidential intermediary from the list of eligible intermediaries. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | SB 511 | Illinois SB 511 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 51 | 3 | 2005-02-17 | 2005-08-10 | openstates | ocd-bill/2ee5e7be-45a7-4dc9-98db-5086c64d5cf6 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=511&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17320&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 8f6aa2b6f692254152d7f427f37fc092704384f31d700cb59098ade39404d47f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 511 (94th) — ADOPTION ACT-CONSENTS
Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that the sole purpose of notice shall be to enable the person receiving the notice to appear in the adoption proceedings to present evidence to the court relevant to whether the consent or surrender of the person to the adoption is required by the Act (instead of to present evidence to the court relevant to the best interests of the child). Provides that, if the court determines that the consent or surrender of the person is not required, then the person shall not be entitled to participate in the proceedings or to any further notice of the proceedings. Adds to the exceptions to the requirement for consent and surrender: (i) the father of the child who is a family member of the mother of the child and the mother is under the age of 18 at the time of the child's conception; and (ii) the father of the child who is at least 5 years older than the child's mother and the mother was under the age of 17 at the time of child's conception, unless the mother and father voluntarily acknowledge the father's paternity of the child by marrying or by establishing the father's paternity by consent of the parties pursuant to the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 or pursuant to a substantially similar statute in another state. Defines "family member". Removes from the exceptions to the requirement for consent and surrender a person who has been indicated for child sexual abuse as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act that involved sexual penetration of the mother and a person who was at least 5 years older than the mother and the mother was under the age of 17 at the time of conception of the child to be adopted. Removes any employee of a licensed child welfare agency certified by the agency as qualified to serve as a confidential intermediary from the list of eligible intermediaries.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
- Maria Antonia Berrios — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
filing - 2005-02-17 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-17 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2005-03-02 Postponed - Judiciary
- 2005-03-09 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2005
- 2005-03-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
amendment-introduction - 2005-03-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-03-15 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2005
- 2005-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- 2005-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- 2005-04-07 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton
amendment-passage - 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2005-04-07 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-07 Arrived in House
introduction - 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- 2005-04-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-20 Assigned to Adoption Reform
referral-committee - 2005-04-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 006-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-04-28 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-04 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-04 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
amendment-introduction - 2005-05-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-05-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- 2005-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2005-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-23 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- 2005-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 24, 2005.
- 2005-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton
filing - 2005-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-05-23 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2005-05-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- 2005-05-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- 2005-05-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- 2005-05-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000
- 2005-05-25 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-23 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-08-10 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2006
- 2005-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0530
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ee5e7be-45a7-4dc9-98db-5086c64d5cf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).