republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5949.md

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Bill	ADOPTION ACT-VARIOUS	Amends the Adoption Act. Defines "adult grandchild" as the biological grandchild 21 years of age or over of a deceased adopted or surrendered person. Replaces references to the Adoption Advisory Council with references to the Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council. Makes changes in Sections concerning the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange; the Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council; disclosure of identifying information; registry matches; the Illinois Adoption Registry Application; and forms. In the Section concerning confidential intermediaries, makes changes in subsections concerning: general purposes; eligibility of petitioner; the petition; confidential intermediary access to information; remedies in the event of a missing or lost original birth certificate; and duties of the confidential intermediary in conducting a search.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5949	Illinois HB 5949 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2014-02-14	2014-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/fb472dc4-a973-45b2-8444-aa73083d2824	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5949&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81255&SessionID=85&GA=98	f2acb9e4500c3ccc4dad2067f2f2a0612ff4ad073249023de976185e88e0aeb1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5949 (98th) — ADOPTION ACT-VARIOUS

Amends the Adoption Act. Defines "adult grandchild" as the biological grandchild 21 years of age or over of a deceased adopted or surrendered person. Replaces references to the Adoption Advisory Council with references to the Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council. Makes changes in Sections concerning the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical Information Exchange; the Adoption Registry-Confidential Intermediary Advisory Council; disclosure of identifying information; registry matches; the Illinois Adoption Registry Application; and forms. In the Section concerning confidential intermediaries, makes changes in subsections concerning: general purposes; eligibility of petitioner; the petition; confidential intermediary access to information; remedies in the event of a missing or lost original birth certificate; and duties of the confidential intermediary in conducting a search.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to Adoption Reform referral-committee
• 2014-03-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Adoption Reform; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption Reform
• 2014-04-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption Reform; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-07 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2014-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Judiciary; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-10 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-07-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0704 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb472dc4-a973-45b2-8444-aa73083d2824. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).