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Bill	ABUSED CHILD ACT-FALSE RPTS	Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Enhances the criminal penalty for persons who knowingly transmit a false report of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Children and Family Services. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1950	Illinois SB 1950 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2011-02-10	2011-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/adefeb77-dca6-4d92-a3a4-d1ce6ab94eff	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1950&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58074&SessionID=84&GA=97	f09a1959838575be5501883b63bcc951483e56acb4e2ce7913024456f0468294	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1950 (97th) — ABUSED CHILD ACT-FALSE RPTS

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Enhances the criminal penalty for persons who knowingly transmit a false report of child abuse or neglect to the Department of Children and Family Services. 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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
• Sandra M. Pihos — cosponsor (person)
• William Delgado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William Delgado filing
• 2011-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2011-03-09 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2011
• 2011-03-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2011
• 2011-04-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2011-04-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2011-04-08 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-08 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2011-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2011-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2011-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2011-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2011-05-06 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2011-05-06 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2011-05-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-003-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-06 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2011
• 2011-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0189 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/adefeb77-dca6-4d92-a3a4-d1ce6ab94eff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).