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Bill	JUV CT-REINSTATE PARENT RIGHT	Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a motion to reinstate parental rights may be filed only by the Department of Children and Family Services or the minor regarding any minor who is presently a ward of the court under the Abused, Neglected, or Dependent Minors Article of the Act when certain specified conditions are met. Deletes that the Section concerning a motion to reinstate parental rights is repealed 4 years after its effective date (August 21, 2013). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 3147	Illinois HB 3147 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2013-02-26	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/62cd67ac-4ac8-44fd-8287-f5028ef0b544	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3147&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=75002&SessionID=85&GA=98	12e701ab8cef39702ef2eb75252c99d61cd2dfe2b6f52addde90536d43423fab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3147 (98th) — JUV CT-REINSTATE PARENT RIGHT

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that a motion to reinstate parental rights may be filed only by the Department of Children and Family Services or the minor regarding any minor who is presently a ward of the court under the Abused, Neglected, or Dependent Minors Article of the Act when certain specified conditions are met. Deletes that the Section concerning a motion to reinstate parental rights is repealed 4 years after its effective date (August 21, 2013). 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers filing
• 2013-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-11 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-13 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2013-03-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2013-03-20 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2013-04-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-16 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 17, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
• 2013-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
• 2013-05-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
• 2013-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2013
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0477 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62cd67ac-4ac8-44fd-8287-f5028ef0b544. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).