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type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-ABUSED&NEGLECT CHILD-RPTS"
description: "Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that the privileged quality of communication between any professional person required to report a suspected case of child abuse or neglect and his or her patient or client shall not constitute grounds for failure to share information or documents with the Department of Children and Family Services during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation. Provides that written reports from persons required to report shall be admissible in evidence in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing (rather than judicial proceeding) relating to child abuse or neglect. Provides that evidence shall not be excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to communications between the alleged perpetrator of abuse or neglect, or the child subject of the report and any person who is required to report a suspected case of abuse or neglect under the Act or the person making or investigating the report (rather than communications between the alleged perpetrator of abuse or neglect, or the child subject of the report and the person making or investigating the report). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 106"
citation: "Illinois SB 106 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-27"
last_action: "2011-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51d57de2-3d2c-4302-86c2-202c585ddd43"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=106&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=54842&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "17d60d5cf2a54e0fb47159662b08600485e0256657b4fac3fe2155c799e557be"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 106 (97th) — DCFS-ABUSED&NEGLECT CHILD-RPTS
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that the privileged quality of communication between any professional person required to report a suspected case of child abuse or neglect and his or her patient or client shall not constitute grounds for failure to share information or documents with the Department of Children and Family Services during the course of a child abuse or neglect investigation. Provides that written reports from persons required to report shall be admissible in evidence in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing (rather than judicial proceeding) relating to child abuse or neglect. Provides that evidence shall not be excluded by reason of any common law or statutory privilege relating to communications between the alleged perpetrator of abuse or neglect, or the child subject of the report and any person who is required to report a suspected case of abuse or neglect under the Act or the person making or investigating the report (rather than communications between the alleged perpetrator of abuse or neglect, or the child subject of the report and the person making or investigating the report). Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0106&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54842&DocNum=106&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0106eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54842&DocNum=106&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB0106enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=54842&DocNum=106&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dan Kotowski — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-01-27** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `filing`
- **2011-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-09** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-15** Held in Human Services
- **2011-03-01** Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
- **2011-03-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2011
- **2011-03-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2011-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
- **2011-03-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Human Services
- **2011-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Human Services
- **2011-03-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2011-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 008-000-000
- **2011-04-15** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Kotowski `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2011-04-15** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2011-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2011-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
- **2011-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2011-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2011
- **2011-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0387 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51d57de2-3d2c-4302-86c2-202c585ddd43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).