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Bill	DISSOLUTION-VISITATION ABUSE	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall suspend, pursuant to court order, the driver's license of a person adjudicated by a court to have engaged in visitation abuse. Provides procedures for that suspension process. Provides that the court, upon finding that a party engaged in visitation abuse, may order: the suspension of the offending party's Illinois driving privileges pursuant to the Illinois Vehicle Code, until the court has determined that there has been sufficient compliance with the court's visitation order and that full driving privileges shall be reinstated; the issuance of a family responsibility driving permit to the offending party to allow limited driving privileges for employment, for medical purposes, and to transport a child pursuant to a visitation order; the placement of the offending party on probation; or the sentencing of the offending party to periodic imprisonment for up to 6 months, provided that the court may allow periods of release for work. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3823	Illinois SB 3823 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2012-02-10	2012-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8be5e149-38b1-47ed-8e5a-150760fe98e4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3823&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65937&SessionID=84&GA=97	ec125ba701785182e9561a4b447d3c3e0593b032270135e72a919b2d9727b2ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3823 (97th) — DISSOLUTION-VISITATION ABUSE

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall suspend, pursuant to court order, the driver's license of a person adjudicated by a court to have engaged in visitation abuse. Provides procedures for that suspension process. Provides that the court, upon finding that a party engaged in visitation abuse, may order: the suspension of the offending party's Illinois driving privileges pursuant to the Illinois Vehicle Code, until the court has determined that there has been sufficient compliance with the court's visitation order and that full driving privileges shall be reinstated; the issuance of a family responsibility driving permit to the offending party to allow limited driving privileges for employment, for medical purposes, and to transport a child pursuant to a visitation order; the placement of the offending party on probation; or the sentencing of the offending party to periodic imprisonment for up to 6 months, provided that the court may allow periods of release for work. 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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
• Michael J. Zalewski — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan filing
• 2012-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2012-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2012
• 2012-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012
• 2012-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-04-18 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-04-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-04-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-19 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Constance A. Howard amendment-introduction
• 2012-04-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2012-04-25 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2012-05-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2012-05-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-22 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2012-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2012
• 2012-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2012-05-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-002 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams
• 2012-05-26 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2012-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-21 Effective Date August 21, 2012
• 2012-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1047 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8be5e149-38b1-47ed-8e5a-150760fe98e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).