republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-2909.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCFS-CASE TRACKNG-SAFETY PLANS"
description: "Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions concerning the Department of Children and Family Services' case tracking system, requires the Department to use the case tracking system to monitor and provide data concerning families subject to safety plans. Provides that the Department shall ensure that any safety plan with a duration of 5 days or more shall be in writing, signed by each affected parent or guardian and all participants responsible for carrying out the plan, and shall be reviewed by a child protection supervisor. Requires the child protection supervisor to provide a sworn certification stating that the plan has been determined to be the least restrictive possible and that the Department, at the time of entering into the safety plan, possesses objectively reasonable evidence of abuse or neglect of the child by the person or persons whose access to the child is limited by the safety plan. Beginning with fiscal year 2015, requires the Department to (i) provide certain data in its annual report and case tracking system concerning children and families subject to safety plans and (ii) track certain safety plans. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2909"
citation: "Illinois SB 2909 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5e75b9-9174-4ced-acc2-124800236b56"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2909&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78973&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "2fba3864474007977ce5c4c4d6c4e741d4879398b7dfd8d79d7d33e53789b10a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 2909 (98th) — DCFS-CASE TRACKNG-SAFETY PLANS

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In provisions concerning the Department of Children and Family Services' case tracking system, requires the Department to use the case tracking system to monitor and provide data concerning families subject to safety plans. Provides that the Department shall ensure that any safety plan with a duration of 5 days or more shall be in writing, signed by each affected parent or guardian and all participants responsible for carrying out the plan, and shall be reviewed by a child protection supervisor. Requires the child protection supervisor to provide a sworn certification stating that the plan has been determined to be the least restrictive possible and that the Department, at the time of entering into the safety plan, possesses objectively reasonable evidence of abuse or neglect of the child by the person or persons whose access to the child is limited by the safety plan. Beginning with fiscal year 2015, requires the Department to (i) provide certain data in its annual report and case tracking system concerning children and families subject to safety plans and (ii) track certain safety plans. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2909&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78973&DocNum=2909&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2909eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78973&DocNum=2909&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2909enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78973&DocNum=2909&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Postponed - Human Services
- **2014-02-26** Postponed - Human Services
- **2014-02-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2014-03-05** Postponed - Human Services
- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
- **2014-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2014
- **2014-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2014-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2014-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0830 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f5e75b9-9174-4ced-acc2-124800236b56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).