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Bill	DCFS-SUGGESTION BOXES	Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services must place in each residential treatment center that accepts wards of the Department a locked suggestion box into which residents may place comments and concerns to be addressed by the Department. Provides that only employees of the Department shall have access to the contents of the locked suggestion boxes and that an employee of the Department must check the locked suggestion boxes at least once per week. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 3172	Illinois HB 3172 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2015-02-25	2015-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c08a692f-dc06-4598-86c9-9910790f9a22	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3172&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=89318&SessionID=88&GA=99	25f5b686021dda7a1bfd5e5819f7e5512e7593d21e3f7641024c77387dba4fbb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3172 (99th) — DCFS-SUGGESTION BOXES

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services must place in each residential treatment center that accepts wards of the Department a locked suggestion box into which residents may place comments and concerns to be addressed by the Department. Provides that only employees of the Department shall have access to the contents of the locked suggestion boxes and that an employee of the Department must check the locked suggestion boxes at least once per week. 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

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christine Winger — primary (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2015-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-25 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Christine Winger
• 2015-03-10 Assigned to Youth & Young Adults referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Youth & Young Adults; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-19 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-04-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2015-04-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2015-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 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
• 2015-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
• 2015-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2015-05-22 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 reading-3
• 2015-05-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2015-05-26 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2015
• 2015-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0342 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c08a692f-dc06-4598-86c9-9910790f9a22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).