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Bill	CHILD-SUPPORT-SELF-EMPLOYED	Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act. Provides that if a person who is found guilty of contempt for failure to pay support conducts a business or is self-employed, the court may in addition to other penalties provided by law order the person to do one or more of the following: (i) provide monthly financial statements from the business or the self-employment; (ii) seek employment and report to the court information about his or her employment search; or (iii) report to the Department of Employment Security for job search services to find employment that will be subject to child support withholding. Effective January 1, 2013.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3549	Illinois SB 3549 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2012-02-08	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/c1bbdebd-a82b-4d45-aa42-334143eb8eaf	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3549&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65315&SessionID=84&GA=97	8713e4bc9e93b4efd73cb5355ac729981b44f925fccbb3c5c09d85dec215fab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3549 (97th) — CHILD-SUPPORT-SELF-EMPLOYED

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act. Provides that if a person who is found guilty of contempt for failure to pay support conducts a business or is self-employed, the court may in addition to other penalties provided by law order the person to do one or more of the following: (i) provide monthly financial statements from the business or the self-employment; (ii) seek employment and report to the court information about his or her employment search; or (iii) report to the Department of Employment Security for job search services to find employment that will be subject to child support withholding. Effective January 1, 2013.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carol A. Sente — cosponsor (person)
• Dwight Kay — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard filing
• 2012-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin
• 2012-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-02-28 Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 29, 2012
• 2012-03-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012
• 2012-03-28 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-29 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2012-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-03 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2012-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2012-05-25 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2012-05-31 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-06-22 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-1029 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1bbdebd-a82b-4d45-aa42-334143eb8eaf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).