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Bill	DCFS-CHILD DEATH-INJURY REPORT	Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that a copy of any documents, files, records, books, and papers created or used in connection with the Department of Children and Family Services' investigation of a child's death or serious life-threatening injury shall be included in the Department's investigation report.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4966	Illinois HB 4966 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2012-02-03	2012-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/38620a68-0985-4f77-a856-75063114ab9b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4966&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64847&SessionID=84&GA=97	b14e6c54a80021c98f58b401e19c131e09737bfbfa8f98fec3c5dae0b3827004	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4966 (97th) — DCFS-CHILD DEATH-INJURY REPORT

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that a copy of any documents, files, records, books, and papers created or used in connection with the Department of Children and Family Services' investigation of a child's death or serious life-threatening injury shall be included in the Department's investigation report.

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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 106–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Paul Evans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Paul Evans filing
• 2012-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-15 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2012-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
• 2012-02-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2012-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
• 2012-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
• 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2012-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dena M. Carli
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 22, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2012-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-25 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2012 reading-3
• 2012-05-28 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-24 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1068 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38620a68-0985-4f77-a856-75063114ab9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).