republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-520.md

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Bill	JUV CT-ADULT RELATIVE	Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Defines "mentally capable adult relative" and "physically capable adult relative". Provides that a minor shall not be considered neglected or dependent for the sole reason that the minor's parent or parents or other person or persons responsible for the minor's welfare have left the minor in the care of a physically and mentally capable adult relative who is willing and able to care for the minor for any period of time. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 520	Illinois HB 520 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2009-02-04	2009-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/41564cd8-cff5-490c-8b08-b3520758147a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=520&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40896&SessionID=76&GA=96	6285f66f73e8675e2160ad664a03460f1af14665f820b4de5157b569830b897b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 520 (96th) — JUV CT-ADULT RELATIVE

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Defines "mentally capable adult relative" and "physically capable adult relative". Provides that a minor shall not be considered neglected or dependent for the sole reason that the minor's parent or parents or other person or persons responsible for the minor's welfare have left the minor in the care of a physically and mentally capable adult relative who is willing and able to care for the minor for any period of time. Effective immediately.

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 — 89–16 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Esther Golar — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Esther Golar filing
• 2009-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-09 Assigned to Youth and Family Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Youth and Family Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Youth and Family Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Youth and Family Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-016-001 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2009-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2009-05-13 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-13 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-10 Effective Date August 10, 2009
• 2009-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0168 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41564cd8-cff5-490c-8b08-b3520758147a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).