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Bill DCFS-EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECK Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to have access to background information for all Department employees and Department applicants in addition to the criminal history record information and the adjudicatory and dispositional record system information the Department has access to under the Act. Defines "background information" to mean (i) upon the request of the Department of Children and Family Services, information obtained from the Department of State Police as a result of a fingerprint-based criminal history records check of the Illinois criminal history records database and the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records database concerning a Department employee or Department applicant; (ii) information obtained by the Department after performing a check of the Department of State Police's Sex Offender Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, concerning a Department employee or Department applicant; and (iii) information obtained by the Department of Children and Family Services after performing a check of the Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS) operated and maintained by the Department. Defines "Department employee" and "Department applicant". Effective immediately. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 98th SB 1599 Illinois SB 1599 (98th)
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Illinois SB 1599 (98th) — DCFS-EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECK

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to have access to background information for all Department employees and Department applicants in addition to the criminal history record information and the adjudicatory and dispositional record system information the Department has access to under the Act. Defines "background information" to mean (i) upon the request of the Department of Children and Family Services, information obtained from the Department of State Police as a result of a fingerprint-based criminal history records check of the Illinois criminal history records database and the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records database concerning a Department employee or Department applicant; (ii) information obtained by the Department after performing a check of the Department of State Police's Sex Offender Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, concerning a Department employee or Department applicant; and (iii) information obtained by the Department of Children and Family Services after performing a check of the Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS) operated and maintained by the Department. Defines "Department employee" and "Department applicant". 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

  • Concurrence — 580 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 550 (pass) · upper
  • Third Reading — 1150 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2013-02-13 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison filing
  • 2013-02-13 First Reading reading-1
  • 2013-02-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2013-02-27 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
  • 2013-03-05 Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2013-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2013
  • 2013-03-12 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2013-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2013
  • 2013-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
  • 2013-03-13 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2013-03-13 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2013-03-13 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
  • 2013-03-13 First Reading reading-1
  • 2013-03-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2013-04-08 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2013-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Scott Drury amendment-introduction
  • 2013-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2013-05-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
  • 2013-05-07 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
  • 2013-05-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
  • 2013-05-08 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary; 016-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2013-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2013-05-15 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
  • 2013-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 16, 2013
  • 2013-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Julie A. Morrison filing
  • 2013-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2013-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Human Services referral-committee
  • 2013-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Human Services; 005-000-000
  • 2013-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
  • 2013-05-30 Passed Both Houses
  • 2013-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2013-08-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2013-08-27 Effective Date August 27, 2013
  • 2013-08-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0570 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1dadbc6e-1e0d-4085-8da0-a03c7ea62afe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).