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Bill	VITAL RECORDS-FOREIGN BIRTH	Amends the Vital Records Act to provide that the State Registrar of Vital Records may make and file a Record of Foreign Birth for a person born in a foreign country who has been granted an IR-3 or IH-3 visa (now, IR-3 visa) by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service under the Immigration and Nationality Act and who was adopted under the laws of a jurisdiction or country other than the United States by an adopting parent who is a resident of this State. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1149	Illinois HB 1149 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2011-02-07	2011-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/c563a18e-79ce-4ddd-a986-1ef9ebd62e82	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1149&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57032&SessionID=84&GA=97	69d696406872db8dc9d421d83998e964e0ef13cbd273d427488504012623493e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1149 (97th) — VITAL RECORDS-FOREIGN BIRTH

Amends the Vital Records Act to provide that the State Registrar of Vital Records may make and file a Record of Foreign Birth for a person born in a foreign country who has been granted an IR-3 or IH-3 visa (now, IR-3 visa) by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service under the Immigration and Nationality Act and who was adopted under the laws of a jurisdiction or country other than the United States by an adopting parent who is a resident of this State. 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 — 105–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Brady — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady filing
• 2011-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Adoption Reform referral-committee
• 2011-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2011-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-03 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2011-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-16 Do Pass Insurance; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 17, 2011
• 2011-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2011
• 2011-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-19 Effective Date August 19, 2011
• 2011-08-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0445 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c563a18e-79ce-4ddd-a986-1ef9ebd62e82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).