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Bill	ADOPTION-PROCESS-CONSENT	Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that service of process need not be directed to a minor defendant under 14 years of age for whom a guardian ad litem has been or will be appointed. Changes the form of consent to be given by a child 14 years of age or over or by an adult by adding a statement that the person enters his or her appearance in the proceeding and waives service of summons.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5062	Illinois HB 5062 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	31	1	2012-02-07	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/f6a4908c-584c-4380-9834-f1bdf45508ff	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5062&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65069&SessionID=84&GA=97	d2509c7845d8aa37f7514d6639ac1e2302bf4e12b88eba88f540883d5ee55933	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5062 (97th) — ADOPTION-PROCESS-CONSENT

Amends the Adoption Act. Provides that service of process need not be directed to a minor defendant under 14 years of age for whom a guardian ad litem has been or will be appointed. Changes the form of consent to be given by a child 14 years of age or over or by an adult by adding a statement that the person enters his or her appearance in the proceeding and waives service of summons.

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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Keith P. Sommer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer filing
• 2012-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-21 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2012-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith P. Sommer amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
• 2012-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
• 2012-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
• 2012-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Judiciary; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-17 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0988 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6a4908c-584c-4380-9834-f1bdf45508ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).