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| Bill | ADOPT-REQUIRE HEALTH INFO | Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that individual health information summaries concerning the child and each birth parent shall be filed within 14 days of the petition filing in all adoptions of unrelated minors. Provides that each preadoption investigation shall review the health summaries. Provides that health summaries shall be without any information identifying either birth parent and shall summarize significant medical, dental, and mental health information including diseases, disabilities, alcohol or drug abuse, hereditary conditions or diseases, and drugs or medications used by the birth mother during the child's pregnancy. Provides that adoptive parents or the adopted child when he or she is an adult may petition the court for the release of the summaries. Provides that no liability shall attach to anyone who provides information for a health summary or to the adoption registry (at present, liability protections only apply to the adoption registry). Provides that all information in health summaries is confidential and is not to be used as evidence in any other proceeding. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 68 | Illinois SB 68 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 58 | 3 | 2007-01-31 | 2007-09-11 | openstates | ocd-bill/4ef697c7-7eb5-4146-8dec-94d8b2cc0e7d | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=68&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27281&SessionID=51&GA=95 | 743ca33611f4876c04d3b83de56e0ed37050e84e7d1a0adf194fd7ab0c0816d8 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 68 (95th) — ADOPT-REQUIRE HEALTH INFO
Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that individual health information summaries concerning the child and each birth parent shall be filed within 14 days of the petition filing in all adoptions of unrelated minors. Provides that each preadoption investigation shall review the health summaries. Provides that health summaries shall be without any information identifying either birth parent and shall summarize significant medical, dental, and mental health information including diseases, disabilities, alcohol or drug abuse, hereditary conditions or diseases, and drugs or medications used by the birth mother during the child's pregnancy. Provides that adoptive parents or the adopted child when he or she is an adult may petition the court for the release of the summaries. Provides that no liability shall attach to anyone who provides information for a health summary or to the adoption registry (at present, liability protections only apply to the adoption registry). Provides that all information in health summaries is confidential and is not to be used as evidence in any other proceeding. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — 45–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs
filing - 2007-01-31 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-01-31 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-02-07 Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law
referral-committee - 2007-02-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs
amendment-introduction - 2007-02-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-02-21 Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- 2007-02-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
- 2007-03-01 Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- 2007-03-08 Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- 2007-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
- 2007-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2007-03-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- 2007-03-14 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Civil Law; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- 2007-03-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-20 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- 2007-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-03-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
amendment-failure - 2007-03-22 Arrived in House
introduction - 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-03-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- 2007-03-22 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-03-22 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-04-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2007-04-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- 2007-04-30 Assigned to Adoption Reform Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-18 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
- 2007-05-25 Assigned to Adoption Reform Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
- 2007-05-29 Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- 2007-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Adoption Reform Committee
amendment-introduction - 2007-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Adoption Reform Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2007-05-31 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Adoption Reform Committee; 005-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-05-31 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-31 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-31 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
- 2007-06-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- 2007-06-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-06-01 3/5 Vote Required
- 2007-06-05 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- 2007-06-05 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - June 6, 2007
- 2007-06-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Mike Jacobs
filing - 2007-06-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-06-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Judiciary Civil Law
referral-committee - 2007-06-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 009-000-000
- 2007-06-15 3/5 Vote Required
- 2007-06-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 045-000-000
- 2007-06-15 Passed Both Houses
- 2007-07-13 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2007-09-11 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2007-09-11 Effective Date September 11, 2007
- 2007-09-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0601
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ef697c7-7eb5-4146-8dec-94d8b2cc0e7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).