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| Bill | DCFS-CUSTODY-NOTICE-RELATIVES | Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that when the Department of Children and Family Services first assumes custody of a child, in placing that child, the Department shall make reasonable efforts to identify, locate, and provide notice to all adult grandparents and other adult relatives of the child who are ready, willing, and able to care for the child (rather than the Department shall make reasonable efforts to identify and locate a relative who is ready, willing, and able to care for the child). | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 99th | HB 2543 | Illinois HB 2543 (99th) |
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enacted | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2015-02-18 | 2015-08-11 | openstates | ocd-bill/2e9759a0-2db6-4f11-b6ab-915a953b9c3b | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2543&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=87966&SessionID=88&GA=99 | 518468b6207121e8897badf1e5eab302705486588658943375b7bd67b847368e | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2543 (99th) — DCFS-CUSTODY-NOTICE-RELATIVES
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that when the Department of Children and Family Services first assumes custody of a child, in placing that child, the Department shall make reasonable efforts to identify, locate, and provide notice to all adult grandparents and other adult relatives of the child who are ready, willing, and able to care for the child (rather than the Department shall make reasonable efforts to identify and locate a relative who is ready, willing, and able to care for the child).
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Monique D. Davis — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2015-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis
filing - 2015-02-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-03-02 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
referral-committee - 2015-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis
amendment-introduction - 2015-03-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2015-03-11 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
amendment-failure - 2015-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Monique D. Davis
amendment-introduction - 2015-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2015-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- 2015-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- 2015-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- 2015-03-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- 2015-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-04-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2015-04-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2015-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2015-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2015-04-21 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2015-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2015
reading-1 - 2015-04-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- 2015-04-23 First Reading
reading-1 - 2015-04-23 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2015-04-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- 2015-04-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- 2015-04-29 Assigned to Human Services
referral-committee - 2015-05-06 Do Pass Human Services; 005-000-000
committee-passage - 2015-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
- 2015-05-14 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2015-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2015
- 2015-05-14 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- 2015-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2015-05-21 Passed Both Houses
- 2015-06-19 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2015-08-11 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2015-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2016
- 2015-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0340
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e9759a0-2db6-4f11-b6ab-915a953b9c3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).