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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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enacted | 3 | 37 | 3 | 2013-02-13 | 2013-08-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/1dadbc6e-1e0d-4085-8da0-a03c7ea62afe | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1599&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72430&SessionID=85&GA=98 | 5012ce9f57b3b08e801ebf8205211f2d2daa8afe7e1959d4731158f83f4d410d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
Votes
- Concurrence — 58–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 115–0 (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).